Joel

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The book of Joel contains 3 chapters and is the 29th book of the Old Testament and one of twelve books which are called “the minor prophets”. These books are called thus because they are short, not because the information in them is unimportant or not as significant as the books written by, for example, the prophets Jeremiah, Isaiah and Ezekiel. It is thought to have been written in the time of King Uzziah of Judah and King Jeroboam II of Israel around 800 BC. Some commentators believe Joel was written during a locust plague, but this writer cannot confirm this as references to locusts occur throughout Scripture and locusts were part of the ecology of Israel and the surrounding nations. The prophet Joel focuses on repentance, fasting, and mourning for the sinful state of the nation Israel and its people and speaks about the coming day of the LORD.

Key Verses: Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel 2:12-13

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. Joel 2:28-29