Joel

Old Testament · 3 chapters

A locust plague becomes a call to return, and a promise of the Spirit poured out.

About Joel

Joel opens with a devastating locust invasion and reads it as a summons: return to God with fasting and weeping, rending hearts rather than garments. The prophecy then widens to the day of the Lord and to a promise that God’s Spirit will be poured out on all people, sons and daughters alike — the passage Peter quotes at Pentecost to explain what has just happened.

  • Repentance
  • The day of the Lord
  • Restoration
  • The Spirit

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