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Jan 10, 2016
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Joel 1:1-2:17 Joel 2:18-3:21
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Disobedience = Disobedience = CursesCurses
Mt GerizimMt Gerizim
Obedience = Obedience = BlessingsBlessings
Deuteronomy 27-28
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Yow’eelYow’eel
YAHWEH ‘EelYAHWEH ‘Eel
The LThe LORDORD is is GodGod
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Joel 1:1-12
Plague of locustsWake up!A nation has invaded My landMy vines, My fig treesMournOfferings cut offFields are ruinedDespairJoy is withered away
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Joel 1:6 2:4-5
Actual plague of locusts?Or
Symbol of a nation invading?
Revelation 9
Locusts in the future
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Joel 1:6-7 2:18 3:2
Whose land is this?Who owns the contents?
II Chronicles 7: 18-22
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Joel 1: 8-12
Dried upWitheredDestroyed
Surely the joy of mankind is withered awaySurely the joy of mankind is withered away
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Joel 1:13-20
Offerings withheldDay of the LORD = destructionNo joy in TempleFood cut offNo seeds, no grainLivestock sufferingWildfiresDrought
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Joel 1:15
Day of the LORD coming like destruction
from the AlmightyIsaiah 13Ezekiel 30: 1-4Zephaniah 1: 14-18II Peter 3: 10
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Joel 2: 1-11
Day of the LORD = darkness, gloom,blackness, clouds
Large & mighty armyDevouring fireNothing escapesLike cavalry in battleNations in anguishLike thieves they enterDay of the LORD = dreadful
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Joel 2: 1-2, 10-11
Day of the LORD = darkness, gloom,blackness, clouds
Day of the LORD = great, dreadful
Who can endure it?Matthew 24: 29Isaiah 34: 4Revelation 6: 12-14Revelation 8: 5
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Joel 2: 11
Day of the LORD
Who can endure it?
Amos 5: 18
Why do you long for it?
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Luke 21: 34-36Revelation 3: 10
Day of the LORD
Is there a way out?
Jesus rescues us from the coming wrath I Thessalonians
1:10I Thessalonians 5: 1-6
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Joel 2: 12-17
Even now…return to Me
Return to Me and I will return to you
Zechariah 1: 3
Deuteronomy 4: 25-31
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Joel 2: 13-14
Rend your heart & return
Gracious CompassionateSlow to angerAbounding in loveRelents from sending calamityBlessing used for…?
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Joel 2: 15-17
Assemble everyone
Spare your peopleProtect your inheritance
Why should they say“Where is their God?”
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Joel 2: 17
Your inheritance:- An object of scorn- A byword among the nations
Why should they say “Where is their God?”
I Kings 9: 6-9Psalms 44: 9-14
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Joel 2: 17
The land of Israel, the people of Israel
- An object of scorn, a bywordWhy should they say “Where is their God?”
Ezekiel 36
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Joel 1:1-2:17 Joel 2:18-3:21
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Joel 2: 18
- out of jealousy for His land- out of pity for His people
Never Never againagain……
A restoration will come - The people to the landThe land to the people
Joel 2: 19 & Amos 9: 11-15
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Joel 2: 20
An army from the north
Driven to the SeasStench of the dead
Gog & Magog Ezekiel 38 &
39
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Joel 2: 21-27
Return & RestorationBountiful landAbundant showersOverflowing grain & wineAnd you will…And never again…
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Joel 2: 26-27
Return & Restoration
You will praisenever
again…You will know…
never again…