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Joel - A Prophet of the Lord
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The prophecy of Joel describes the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. It begins with a description of three swarms of locust, the second swarm is great, and the third swarm are young, but afterwards there is nothing left. This is also a call for the priests and the elders to mourn, and to call for a holy fast and a sacred assembly to call the people back to the Lord. Even though judgment is coming, the Lord also promised in 2:25, "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten - the great locust and the young locust, the other locust and the locust swam - My great army that I sent among you." The purpose for the pain is told us in verse 27, "Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the Lord your God." The most familiar verses of Joel are found in 2:28-32, because the Apostle Peter quoted these verses in Acts chapter 2, on the day of Pentecost, when the Spirit of the Lord came down upon all people. The Apostle Paul also quoted verse 32 in Romans 10:13, saying that people from every nation who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Destruction is coming, but the Lord has a plan through it all. His hope is that people will repent and turn to Him before it is too late.
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