Joel “Yahweh is God” Day of the L ORD
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Timeline of the Writing Prophets 850 Obadiah Joel 800 Jonah Hosea Amos 750 Isaiah Micah 700 650 Nahum Zephaniah Jeremiah Habakkuk Daniel 600 Ezekiel 550 Haggai Zechariah 500 450 Malachi 400
Natural Disasters Get Our Attention
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Sound An Alarm: Joel 1:4 What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
Exodus 10: Plague of Locusts 13 So Moses raised his staff over Egypt, and the Lord caused an east wind to blow over the land all that day and through the night. When morning arrived, the east wind had brought the locusts. 14 And the locusts swarmed over the whole land of Egypt, settling in dense swarms from one end of the country to the other. It was the worst locust plague in Egyptian history, and there has never been another one like it. 15 For the locusts covered the whole country and darkened the land. They devoured every plant in the fields and all the fruit on the trees that had survived the hailstorm. Not a single leaf was left on the trees and plants throughout the land of Egypt.
Day of the L ORD For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes. 1:15 Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! 2:1,2 For the day of the Lord is great and very awesome; who can endure it? 2:15
Day of the L ORD The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 2:31 For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. 3:14,15
Return to Me: Joel 2:12,13 “ Yet even now ,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster .
Excuses That We Make: Joel 2:12-13 It is too late for me: Yet even now I have tried that before: Rend your hearts and not your garments God is through with me: God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love
God’s Nature (Exodus 34:6-7) Abounding in steadfast love Slow to anger Yahweh Gracious and Merciful Relents over disaster
God Can Speak Through Calamities I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. Joel 2:25
Psalm 119 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word. v. 67 It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. v. 71 I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. v. 75
How many attacks to get our attention? I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter , my great army, which I sent among you. Joel 2:25 Four waves of locusts: financial, health, marital discord, … Does God have your attention?
When God restores, He does it in abundance I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. Joel 2:25 Example: Job 42:10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before
God Pours out His Spirit “Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on servants - men and women alike.” Joel 2:28-29
Where is Your Attention?: Colossians 3:1-4 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above , where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above , not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
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