A Purposeful Day
Let us begin today to muse from Joel 2: 1-27 in what I'm calling from our theme the day of the Lord, a purposeful day. God has purposed in His will to bring the nation of Israel to Himself. It is in this chapter the locus would be the Assyrian…
A Warning To All
Let us muse again today from Joel 1:19-20 in this section I have entitled a present day in our journey through the theme of the day of the Lord. In these verses we find a warning to all. In verse 19 the people cried out to the Lord as all the…
A Warning To The Priest
Let us muse today from Joel 1:13-18 and the present day of the Lord when God gives a warning to the priest. Oh,when our Lord comes with judgement it affects every walk of life. The priest cried out gird yourself, sanctify a fast, and call…
A Warning To The Farmers
Let us muse today from Joel 1: 7-12 and the present day of the Lord when Joel issues a warning to the farmers. Joel tells the farmer what the locus had destroyed in verses 7-12. They laid waste the grape-vine, the corn is gone, no…
The Day Of Locusts
Let us muse today from Joel 1:3-4 and the present day where we have found through our study the Day of the locusts. In verse four Joel mentions all five stages of the life-cycle of a locus. John Phillips said there are several recorded battle…
Warning To The Drunkards
Let us muse today from Joel 1:5-6 where in this present day of the Lord Joel sends a warning to the drunkards. In a country where the Jews found the staple products for life were bread and wine it would be extremely difficult if these were…
The Author Of Joel
Let us muse today from Joel 1:1 and the author of Joel. The book comes from the hand of Joel, but the prophecy was a word from God to these people. The priest were to teach the word, but it was the job of the prophets to call them back to the…
Joel And The Day Of The Lord
Let us begin today to muse from the prophet Joel. He is known as the first of the writing prophets. He preached to the southern kingdom where Joash was the King. The theme of his book is the phrase the day of the Lord. It appears five times…
Restoring Place
Let us mused today from Hosea 14:4 and a restoring place. The Lord promised us when we return He will heal our backsliding. The word heal speaks of spiritual healing. When a person has an infection an it is left untreated it will soon…
Future Promises
Let us begin today to muse from our last chapter in Hosea. I will call chapter 14 a chapter of future promises. In 14:1 there is the promise of a returning plea. The word return here means to come back to the starting. point. The point here…