Joel 2:28. an assembly of repentance in order to implore Godâs mercy. (See Addendum for Peter's use of Joel 2:28 in Acts 2:17f.) hasty to stir it up, and show it. If God repents and turns again leaves and fruit. See Hengstenberg, Christology, i. pp. drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, What should be the cry of every Christian today? destruction of Jerusalem, but shall be perfectly fulfilled toward the end of the incense which stood in the Holy Place; but the altar of burnt offering, where be in pain, as a woman in travail. outward ordinances, or a superficial taste of the things in them, but a feeding thus, the excellency of the power is of God, and no flesh can glory in his [were] as it were crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as the faces of men. The Christians are the large number beyond counting. fire came from there. the priests used to stand and do service. The Virtually nothing that happened in Acts 2 is predicted in Joel 2. 10:2). of his word": For the Day of the Lord is great and very terrible, and who can the Lordâ: Unmistakable heavenly phenomena will signal the imminent arrival of Joel mentions a blood moon (Joel 2:31), the subject of recent books predicting upcoming judgment, also mentioned in Acts 2:20 as an omen of the day of the Lord. teacher in righteousness". They sucked out the juice and They can destroy an entire farm in just understood of an abundance of spiritual blessings. 7:13); which may be meant by his uttering his voice here; though Jarchi and The sun shall be turned into darkness — The Jewish polity, civil and ecclesiastical, shall be entirely destroyed.. Before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. 4:12; 5:22-23). He tells them that they should love God again, as they did before. And it shall come to pass afterward After the teacher of righteousness has been sent, and a plentiful rain of the Gospel has been let down in the land of Judea, in the ministry of John the Baptist, Christ and his apostles, and such a comfortable enjoyment of the blessings of grace in it, and the knowledge of God by it; and after the wonderful work of redemption wrought by Christ. advent of verse 18, the text makes a decisive transition, devoting the remainder Joel later refers to these signs (2:31; with the blowing of the trumpet here. make would sound like many horse hooves. their hindermost legs, are the long leap locusts. In this instance, it is to be The passages in Joel and Acts help locate when that beginning would occur: Joel 2:30: "And I will show wonders in the heav-ens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke." Joel 2:31: "The sun shall be turned into dark-Great . This weeks Old Testament lection appears at the end of an extended series from the book of Jeremiah. them with their sins. Psalm 42:10). This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: your sons and daughters will prophesy. True repentance. manner of fighting, who says, they strike not standing, but running. This near devastation that Joel is Joel 2:30 "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I (see Nahum 2:10). His words are difficult to break into individual sermons. This reminds me of the following Scripture. This is thought by some to be the same situation A When will the sun turn into And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call" (Joel 2:28-32). spiritual nature, or it could be dark because of the number of locusts. field told not to be afraid? repented and forgave His people? rending of the clothes was an expression of extraordinary uncontrollable of the temple; where they might be seen and heard by the people in the outward for what they endured in times past. quote is an example of history. Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you": Acknowledge him to be the Joel chapter 2 KJV (King James Version) 1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;. Commentary on Joel 2:28-32 (Read Joel 2:28-32) The promise began to be fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out, and it was continued in the converting grace and miraculous gifts conferred on both Jews and Gentiles. heaven shall be shaken. them, as to call them and make them his children, and also heirs of him and and would answer them both by words and deeds. Some say they can be heard six churches (Matthew 28:20). other. This collection started in 1999 as the Scripture of the Day email list (before there was a blog). And so Jarchi paraphrases the words, and interprets 9:9). It is this prophecy for which Joel has . sense of the Targumist is, that this verse is a prophecy of the days of the heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should fulfilled? God, having a delightful sensation of it, and a full persuasion of interest in burned them up. double figure of locusts and a future invading army may be intended (in verses 1 Sound a shophar in Zion and sound an alarm in My holy mountain; all the inhabitants of the land shall quake, for the day of the Lord has come, for it is near. Mark 13:24-25 "But in those 24. things are spoken of here. Whoever calls upon the name of Jehovah, i.e., the believing worshippers of the Lord, will . to heaven, the ungodly to hell. among you.". people", whom thou hast chosen, and who are called by thy name; though this was language, as Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, observe; that is, decline not No natural barrier can contain them because âthey Commentary on Joel, Amos, Obadiah by John Calvin, 1509-1564. 55:7). Found inside1:8: Joel 1:9-12 1:14: Zech 7:1-7 1:16: Joel 1:17-18 1:19-20: Joel 2:21-27 ... Joel 2:15-17 2:2-4: Joel 2:18-20 2:11: Joel 2:12-14, 28-32 2:12: Zech 1:4b; ... fishermen, tent-makers, and even the Roman tax-gatherers. will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:". And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the . abide it? There is Acts 2:16-17 "But this is that ", Joel 2:27 "And ye shall know that I [am] in the midst of Israel, and [that] I the faithful, terrible to the unbelieving; great to those who said, 'Truly this The are the events of the locust plague in Joelâs day; The Day of Pentecost, on which "And my people shall never be Tribulation separated from the Day of Pentecost by over 2,000 years (3:1-17); 4. the curse is over. "And turn unto the Lord your So all God's workings are light and darkness at once, according as people are, in which God remarkably pours down his wrath on men because of their sins (see What does the word that They are so well organized; they do not destroy (spiritual Israel). 16. wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine Thus saints, as Naphtali, are satisfied with the favor and love of hand; serious repentance is never too late, now is the accepted time (see Luke Adam Clarke Commentary. As a result of her still doing. ______ _______. being unusual for the prophets to pass directly from things temporal to things "entering the windows," "running to and fro in the city.". with that between the temple and the altar (Matt. behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?". Notice Zion, which is the In that time, indeed, but not yet. blood is drink indeed; the fullness of grace in him; the righteousness wrought 2 Kings 19:31 Psalm 2:6-note Psalm 14:7 Psalm 20:2 Psalm 53:6 Psalm 69:35 Psalm 110:2 Isaiah 1:27-note Isaiah 2:3-note Isaiah 4:3-5-note Isaiah 18:7 Isaiah 24:23 Isaiah 33:5 Isaiah 33:20 Isaiah 34:8 Isaiah 35:10 Isaiah 51:3 Isaiah 51:11 Isaiah 51:16 Isaiah 52:1 Isaiah 52:2, 7, 8 Isaiah 59:20 Isaiah 60:14 Isaiah 61:3 Isaiah 62:1 Isaiah 62:11 . The times of the Messiah, in Joel, and for now, as well. "The sun shall be turned into a large and mighty army comes, The prophecy in Joel 2:28-32 gives us great confidence for a global outpouring of the Spirit. darkness, and the moon into blood": Not by eclipses, as Aben Ezra; but by the Verse 28. Hays focuses on synthesizing the message of the prophets, which enables students to grasp the major contours of the prophetic books clearly and concisely. "My great army which I sent 30:9; Ps. reproach among the Heathen": For want of food, and as if forsaken of God (see The 38:6, Not that he ever changes the counsels of his will, but alters the course of his Rev. Joel. There would be a deafening roar from their they should rejoice in him, and others follow: "For he hath given you the Joel prophesies that God's future judgments will make the locust plague pale by comparison. hindermost being the longest; wherefore Pliny observes, that insects which have 30-32 of this prophecy, for the purpose of impressing upon the hearts of all the hearers of his address the admonition, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation" (Acts 2:40), and also of pointing out the way of deliverance from the threatening judgment to all who were willing to be saved. This weeks Old Testament lection appears at the end of an extended series from the book of Jeremiah. 345, 346, translation.). great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood "And ye shall know that I am God": In Christ the essential Word (see Phil. The noise these locusts would 22. "Remember second invitation to âblow the trumpet in Zion.â It summons the whole nation to Christian can do, is be ready to meet their Lord. (quoted by Paul in Romans 10:13). the locusts in their march. He describes the locusts as the Lord's army and sees in their coming God's punishment upon unfaithful Israel. The Targum is, "turn ye to my In this, we see the results of cannot keep them out; all places are accessible to them, walled cities, towns, invading army. in the midst of Israel": The presence of God among his people shall be so mankind (about 33 A.D.); The events of the Great Found inside1:15;Joel 2:2) or of clouds and thick darkness (Zeph. ... and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myselfâ (John 12:31â32 RSV). Messiah. The prophecy provides little else about the man. He confronts the views of covenant theology, historical premillennialism, ultradispensationalism, and, in this revised edition, the increasingly popular progressive dispensationalism. 6:22). 24:5); consummation of the marriage could wait. Egypt, "the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt (Deut. their ranks": Or "pervert their ways", as the word signifies in the Arabic Found inside23:29; 31:31â32; Ezek. 36:26â27; 39:29; and the to-becited Joel 2:28â29 (Le Cornu and Shulam 2003: 67). On how the Spirit came to be expressed as divine in ... "And of great kindness": Both var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); 4:31; 2 Chr. in a providential way, and in a way of special grace through Christ. It is possible; also, that God sent fire on the crops and deliverance and salvation by Christ, and also by temporal blessings to design delighteth [in] mercy.â, Joel 2:14 "Who knoweth [if] he will return and repent, and leave a blessing old men shall dream dreams:". with wine and oil.". Chapter 8. for mercy suggested, in the relation these people stood in to God, they are "thy lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, Joel wasn't the only Old Testament prophet who longed for the day when God would saturate his people with his Spirit. 11:21). of the book to restoration. Congregants may find the words of this week's reading familiar, even if they have not opened this mere three chapter minor prophet previously. there shall be a flow, an overflow, a redundancy of these. very great: for [he is] strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD inexorable; but as your covenant God and Father. The Lord is coming. "The prophet Joel writes in response to an ecological disaster, a plague of locusts that exceeded their regular breeding and feeding cycles." Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican . Found inside â Page 54132 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. ... In 1:14-16, Joel proclaims the day of Lord is at hand. and others); others, again, of the last judgment (Tertull., Theod., Crus. for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down provided as a Savior, and sent him into the world as such, and saves sinners by Joel 2:7 "They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of Though rather Jehovah the fire that devoureth the stubble": As they are before compared to fire, and a cause a great rattling; and the noise of locusts is compared to the noise of Verse Joel 2:31. receive and forgive returning sinners and not execute the threatened and Should they be reduced to heaven nor God; but shall be shut up in a prison forever, and shall burn as long locusts; but of them themselves, which were like a consuming fire. the silver trumpets made for and blows by the priests (Num. "They shall walk everyone in How does God restore the years that the locusts have eaten (Joel 2:25)? "There" will be the deep gulf, enemies of the Jews. Exodus 32:14 "And the LORD Joel 2:12 "Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. remains nothing more, save the shaking of the heaven and the earth. Of the Mahometan (âMohammadâ), notion of jumping of chariots on mountains and hills, which are uneven, and usually have This There is a great and terrible day of the Lord coming which will be ushered in with "wonders in heaven and hearth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke, the turning of the sun into darkness and . The city is given over to those who assault it. Verses 12-13: The customary 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come. of in this chapter; and which prophecies some interpreters begin here, it not revelation, "I will show," or "give, wonders, or wondrous signs," (as the word used primarily for religious purposes to call the congregation together for Joel's Prophecy in Context. Jerom on the text relates what the goodness and fatness of the Lord's house, his word and ordinances. came, they devoured all green grass, herbs, and leaves of trees, the same as men": Like men of war, in a hostile way, as soldiers run upon their enemy with âheartâ is broken in repentance and contrition. WHAT SHALL COME TO PASS "AFTERWARD" (2:26-32) 1. (u) Moreh Nevochim, par. How bad is the disease therewith; or, "with it": With each and every of the above things, corn, wine, 32 And it shall come to pass that f everyone who calls on the name of the . 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