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Oct 4, 2021 · We first direct attention to the apocalyptic form and method of the Book of Joel. His prophecy is arranged in two leading divisions. The first part consists of a twofold revelation of judgment. Each revelation is accompanied by words of divine counsel and promise (chapters 1:1–2:27). The second part goes over a portion of the same field again, but delineates more clearly the blessings and ...
Oct 16, 2024 · The calamity of the locust plague is a call for the people to return to God with all their hearts: “Yet even now”—says G OD —. “Turn back to Me with all your hearts, And with fasting, weeping, and lamenting.”. Joel 2:12-13 jps tanakh. This emphasis on internal repentance—”rending the heart”—is key to Joel’s message.
Book of Joel. JOEL, BOOK OF (יﯴאֵ֔ל, Yahweh is God, LXX ̓Ιωήλ, ̓Ιουήλ). In the Heb. list of the twelve Minor Prophets, the Book of Joel stood second, whereas in the MSS of the LXX it was put in fourth place. The MT consisted of four chs., whereas the VSS had only three, because of the combining of two of the Heb. chs. into ...
Aug 8, 2024 · Brief Summary: A terrible plague of locusts is followed by a severe famine throughout the land. Joel uses these happenings as the catalyst to send words of warning to Judah. Unless the people repent quickly and completely, enemy armies will devour the land as did the natural elements. Joel appeals to all the people and the priests of the land ...
Book of Joel. The Book of Joel is a Jewish prophetic text containing a series of "divine announcements". The first line attributes authorship to "Joel the son of Pethuel". [1] It forms part of the Book of the twelve minor prophets or the Nevi'im ("Prophets") in the Hebrew Bible, and is a book in its own right in the Christian Old Testament.
Read the Scripture: Joel. The little book of Joel is only three chapters long, and we should all read it. We ought to give ourselves to the reading of God's word, as the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy and encouraged him to do. Now, while the prophecy of Hosea reveals the heart of God, the prophecy of Joel reveals the hand of God, the hand that ...
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The book of Joel does not have all the characteristics we would expect in an apocalypse (a particular narrative that contains a variety of apocalyptic elements), and his specific context is not clear. 1 However, recognizing the resonances of apocalyptic thinking in today’s reading, particularly the anticipation of God’s justice on earth and ...
