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Is God responsible for natural disasters? Some would say that He punishes us by sending storms and floods. In Joel’s time, Judah was suffering the after-effects of a severe plague of locusts. Joel was in no doubt that God had sent the locusts to chastise the people of Judah for their sinful lifestyles, an indication of the coming “great and dreadful day of the Lord.” Speaking of the judgment that...

The assault of the enemy would not only make the citizens of Jerusalem tremble in fear; their rapid progress would also make the earth shake and the sky tremble. The vast numbers of ‘soldiers’ in this army would block out the light of the sun by day and the moon by night, and when it stormed the city, even the stars would be obscured (v. 10). It is at this point that Joel revealed the identity of the commander of this invading army. We can image the incredulous
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