"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 10 December 2012, from Cindi, a Daughter of the King of kings, and Lord of lords."
Today's Blog Title: "Introduction to the Book of Joel."
The Book of Joel is highly emotional prophecy, rich in imagery and vivid descriptions. In its two unique events, not to be forgotten, are compared. These two events are to be communicated to the descendants of the people.
The Author of the prophecy is identified only as "Joel the son of Pethuel." His name combines the names "Yahweh" and "El" and means "Yahweh Is God." Joel is one of 14 men in the Old Testament who shared this name. Joel was a contemporary of both Hosea and Amos, though he ministered to the Southern Kingdom, while they ministered to the Northern Kingdom.
Joel's frequent references throughout the prophecy to Judah and Jerusalem indicate that he was not a priest, though he was an inhabitant of Jerusalem and was a prophet of the Southern Kingdom.
Joel was one of the earliest prophets of Judah. The specific place from which Joel wrote is not known. Since he was a resident of Judah and Jerusalem, he likely wrote his prophecy from there. His frequent calls to blow a trumpet in Zion, to consecrate a fast, to proclaim a solemn assembly, and to gather the people together to come before the Lord lend credence to the view that the prophecy was issued from the temple court.
two events are compared in the course of Joel's prophecy: (1) the locust plague upon Judah in the days of the prophet, and (2) the far greater coming day of the Lord. The latter is set forth in the figure of the of the former. Joel is the special prophet of the Day of the Lord as he mentions it five times in Joel 1:15; 2:1; 2;11; 2:31 and 3:14.
Joel has also been called the "Prophet of Pentecost" because of his most famous and well known passage (Joel 2:28-32) which was quoted by Peter in Acts 2. More than half of the book of Joel is built around a description of the locust plague. Joel's prophecy is the grandest description in all of literature of such a plague. Joel is also a great prophecy of repentance , on both a personal and national scale. The purpose of Joel's prophecy is to turn the nation back to God in preparation for the great day of the Lord, the theme of his prophecy.
Click on the link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Bible Verse from Exodus 20:12.
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
Today's Blog Title: "Introduction to the Book of Joel."
The Book of Joel is highly emotional prophecy, rich in imagery and vivid descriptions. In its two unique events, not to be forgotten, are compared. These two events are to be communicated to the descendants of the people.
The Author of the prophecy is identified only as "Joel the son of Pethuel." His name combines the names "Yahweh" and "El" and means "Yahweh Is God." Joel is one of 14 men in the Old Testament who shared this name. Joel was a contemporary of both Hosea and Amos, though he ministered to the Southern Kingdom, while they ministered to the Northern Kingdom.
Joel's frequent references throughout the prophecy to Judah and Jerusalem indicate that he was not a priest, though he was an inhabitant of Jerusalem and was a prophet of the Southern Kingdom.
Joel was one of the earliest prophets of Judah. The specific place from which Joel wrote is not known. Since he was a resident of Judah and Jerusalem, he likely wrote his prophecy from there. His frequent calls to blow a trumpet in Zion, to consecrate a fast, to proclaim a solemn assembly, and to gather the people together to come before the Lord lend credence to the view that the prophecy was issued from the temple court.
two events are compared in the course of Joel's prophecy: (1) the locust plague upon Judah in the days of the prophet, and (2) the far greater coming day of the Lord. The latter is set forth in the figure of the of the former. Joel is the special prophet of the Day of the Lord as he mentions it five times in Joel 1:15; 2:1; 2;11; 2:31 and 3:14.
Joel has also been called the "Prophet of Pentecost" because of his most famous and well known passage (Joel 2:28-32) which was quoted by Peter in Acts 2. More than half of the book of Joel is built around a description of the locust plague. Joel's prophecy is the grandest description in all of literature of such a plague. Joel is also a great prophecy of repentance , on both a personal and national scale. The purpose of Joel's prophecy is to turn the nation back to God in preparation for the great day of the Lord, the theme of his prophecy.
Click on the link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Bible Verse from Exodus 20:12.
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
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