Joel Chapter 2

Joel Chapter 2

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Introduction: In Joel Chapter 2, though there evidently is reference to spiritual needs of that day, the greater focus is upon the future day of the LORD. Recall that the day of the LORD is that time when God intervenes directly in human affairs, seizing control of human events. It is initiated by the Tribulation but extends on through the kingdom and on into eternity.

The phrase “the day of the LORD” is used five times in the book of Joel and looks forward to that time when God deals with Israel and the world in judgement. The “day of the LORD” is that time beginning with the Tribulation and looking forward on to the return of the Messiah and the setting up His kingdom.

In chapter 2, Joel foresees the invasion of Israel in the future by the beast (Joel 2:1-10); the Lord’s return and the destruction of the antichrist (Joel 2:11); the repentance of Israel (Joel 2:12-17); the pouring out of the Spirit in the last days upon Israel (Joel 2:28-29).

I. Joel was to Warn Israel

Joel 2:1 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;

Joe 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

Joe 2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

Zion is a place name that refers to the city of Jerusalem. It is also here referred to as God’s “holy mountain.” In ancient times, the blowing of a trumpet in a specified manner was an alarm of impending invasion. It would be like the civil defense sirens common in the latter half of the twentieth century.

The warning here was to Israel of the impending day of the LORD. As the chapter will unfold, reference here to the “day of the LORD” clearly is eschatological, that is, prophetic of end-time events.

In verse 2,the “day of the LORD” will begin in judgement as God’s wrath is poured out against a godless world and even against His people Israel. It will not only be a time of darkness metaphorically, but literally as the very order of the solar system and cosmic bodies are altered.