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Prophet of the Coming Day of the Lord: The Message of Joel is unavailable, but you can change that!

For such a short book, the prophecy of Joel deals with weighty matters that continue to have significance even today. The certainty and severity of God’s judgments that are to fall first on God’s own people and then on all the nations of the world, and the prominence of the Day of the Lord in the purposes and plans of God, all display the Lordship of God in human history. Joel summons God’s...

well as the impetus for repentance. The first half announces the judgement of the Lord, calling the people to repentance (1:2–2:17). The second half of the book is clearly demarcated by a distinctive grammatical change to the Hebrew form for historical narrative which states that ‘The Covenant LORD then was moved to jealousy for his land and took pity on his people’ (2:18–19). Then the prophecy proceeds to declare what the future will hold for a repentant Israel (2:19–3:21). Once more the Day of
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