WEEK 22 110//JOEL 1–3 MEMORY VERSES: PSALM 16:11; JOHN 11:25–26 Although each of God’s prophets had a unique calling, one common theme runs throughout all of these Old Testament books: God judges sin and calls his people to repentance. This surfaces again in the book of Joel. A severe locust plague overtook Judah, an event Joel understood to be a sign of God’s judgment against the people for their lack of concern and conviction over sin. One of the problems the people faced was their assumption that
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