A look at Bible book of Joel

Pre-Exile Prophet - the Book of Joel

Date

Date of this prophet is unknown.

Situation in Israel

This is a time of great sin and apathy in Israel and in the nations around. Also a locust plague has just devastated the land.

Message

- a condemnation of sin and the apathy of sin.

- a call to repent so that something worse than locust does not happen.

- God will again feed them, deliver them and restore them when they repent.

- prophecy concerning the coming down of God's Spirit and the final
Day of the Lord.

Theme

The Day of the Lord is the major theme of this prophecy. It involves God's special intervention in the affairs of human history.

Audience

- to Israel but also the nations around.

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