Joel - Revision history

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‎Historical Context

Reds0xfan: /* Message */ Joel & Romans

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‎Message: Joel & Romans

Reds0xfan: /* Message */ Pentecost

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‎Message: Pentecost

Reds0xfan: /* External Links */ Dr Piper

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‎External Links: Dr Piper

Reds0xfan: /* Message */ prophecies fulfilled in Acts

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‎Message: prophecies fulfilled in Acts

Reds0xfan: background, contemporaries, See Also

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background, contemporaries, See Also

Reds0xfan: /* External Links */ bible.org

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‎External Links: bible.org

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	*About 500BC Roughly contemporary with [[Zechariah]], and possibly [[Ezekiel]].		*About 500BC Roughly contemporary with [[Zechariah]], and possibly [[Ezekiel]].
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		+	There is also some who think he may have lived in the days of [[Josiah]] 640 BC-609 BC.

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 *He then calls on his countrymen to repent and to turn to God, assuring them that God is ready to forgive (2:12-17), and then he foretells the restoration of the land to its accustomed fruitfulness (18-26).
-Joel had called the judgment of God in the locust plague "the day of the Lord" (2:11). But now he sees another "day of the Lord" coming "great and terrible" (2:31). It will be signaled by signs in the sky and on earth for all to see and the whole earth will be summoned for judgment: "I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of [[Jehoshaphat]] and I will enter into judgment with them there (3:2). But before this cataclysmic judgment occurs God promises that a great outpouring of his Spirit will happen: "I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh" (2:28).
+Joel had called the locust plague "the day of the Lord" (2:11). He also compares another "day of the Lord" coming "great and terrible" (2:31). It will be signaled by signs in the sky and on earth for all to see and the whole earth will be summoned for judgment: "I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of [[Jehoshaphat]] and I will enter into judgment with them there (3:2). But before this judgment occurs God promises that a huge outpouring of his Spirit: "I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh" (2:28).
-Hundreds of years later the apostle Peter stands up on the day of [[Pentecost]] and announces the fulfillment of this prophecy and He says in Acts 2:16, "This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel."  On Pentecost morning, Luke tells us, "they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues" (2:4) so that pilgrims from all over the world heard them telling in their own language "the great things of God" (2:11). The people listening are amazed and perplexed and ask in Acts 2:12, "What does this mean?" And Peter gives the astonishing answer: "''This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.''"
+Hundreds of years later the apostle Peter stands up on the day of [[Pentecost]] and announces the fulfillment of this prophecy by saying in Acts 2:16, "This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel."  On Pentecost morning, Luke tells us, "they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues" (2:4) so that pilgrims from all over the world heard them telling in their own language "the great things of God" (2:11). The people listening are perplexed and ask in Acts 2:12, "What does this mean?" And Peter gives the astonishing answer: "''This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.''"  Peter then quotes Joel in the next verses.
-*Then follows a Messianic prophecy, quoted by Peter (Acts 2:39).  He is also quoted by the [[Apostle Paul]] in [[Romans]].  (Compare Joel 2:32 with Romans 10:13)
+There is a story in Numbers 11:24-30 similar to Joel's prophecy.  It says that one day "the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was upon him and put it upon the 70 elders; and when the Spirit rested upon them they prophesied" (11:25). And word came to them that there were two men in the city who had not come out to the tent but were prophesying by the Spirit also. Joshua said to Moses "'My Lord Moses, forbid them.' But Moses said to him, 'Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them!"' (11:29).
 *Finally, the prophet foretells portents and judgments as destined to fall on the enemies of God.

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 Joel had called the judgment of God in the locust plague "the day of the Lord" (2:11). But now he sees another "day of the Lord" coming "great and terrible" (2:31). It will be signaled by signs in the sky and on earth for all to see and the whole earth will be summoned for judgment: "I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of [[Jehoshaphat]] and I will enter into judgment with them there (3:2). But before this cataclysmic judgment occurs God promises that a great outpouring of his Spirit will happen: "I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh" (2:28).
-Hundreds of years later the apostle Peter stands up on the day of [[Pentecost]] and announces the fulfillment of this prophecy and He says in Acts 2:16, "This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel."
+Hundreds of years later the apostle Peter stands up on the day of [[Pentecost]] and announces the fulfillment of this prophecy and He says in Acts 2:16, "This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel."  On Pentecost morning, Luke tells us, "they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues" (2:4) so that pilgrims from all over the world heard them telling in their own language "the great things of God" (2:11). The people listening are amazed and perplexed and ask in Acts 2:12, "What does this mean?" And Peter gives the astonishing answer: "''This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.''"
 *Then follows a Messianic prophecy, quoted by Peter (Acts 2:39).  He is also quoted by the [[Apostle Paul]] in [[Romans]].  (Compare Joel 2:32 with Romans 10:13)

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 *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08419a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia]
 *[http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=926 Bible.org]
 ==References==

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 ==Message==
 Joel prophecies:
-#A prophecy of a great calamity, consisting of a famine and a plague of locusts (1:1-2:11).  He encourages the people to fast and pray.  Chapter 1:2-20, describes a terrible scourge, a plague of locusts, with which the Prophet's land had been visited; these pests had so completely devoured the fields that not even the material for the meat- and drink-offerings existed.
+*A prophecy of a great calamity, consisting of a famine and a plague of locusts (1:1-2:11).  He encourages the people to fast and pray.  Chapter 1:2-20, describes a terrible scourge, a plague of locusts, with which the Prophet's land had been visited; these pests had so completely devoured the fields that not even the material for the meat- and drink-offerings existed.
-#He then calls on his countrymen to repent and to turn to God, assuring them that God is ready to forgive (2:12-17), and then he foretells the restoration of the land to its accustomed fruitfulness (18-26).
-#Then follows a Messianic prophecy, quoted by Peter (Acts 2:39).  He is also quoted by the [[Apostle Paul]] in [[Romans]].  (Compare Joel 2:32 with Romans 10:13)
+*He then calls on his countrymen to repent and to turn to God, assuring them that God is ready to forgive (2:12-17), and then he foretells the restoration of the land to its accustomed fruitfulness (18-26).
-#Finally, the prophet foretells portents and judgments as destined to fall on the enemies of God.
 ==See Also==

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 ==The Prophet==
-[[Joel]] was probably a resident in the [[Kingdom of Judah]], as his commission was to that people. He makes frequent mention of Judah and [[Jerusalem]] (1:14; 2:1, 15, 32; 3:1, 12, 17, 20, 21).
+[[Joel]] was probably a resident in the [[Kingdom of Judah]], as his commission was to that people. He makes frequent mention of Judah and [[Jerusalem]] (1:14; 2:1, 15, 32; 3:1, 12, 17, 20, 21).  This means he could have been a resident of Jerusalem.
 ==Historical Context==
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 *About 775-725BC Roughly contemporary with [[Hosea]] and [[Amos]].
-*About 500BC Roughly contemporary with [[Zechariah]].
+*About 500BC Roughly contemporary with [[Zechariah]], and possibly [[Ezekiel]].
 ==Message==
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 #Finally, the prophet foretells portents and judgments as destined to fall on the enemies of God.
 ==External Links==
 *[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=341&letter=J Jewish Encyclopedia]

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 *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08419a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia]
-==References
+==References==
 *[http://www.site-berea.com/D/ebd/index.html Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897]
 [[Category:Prophets]]
 [[Category:Old Testament]]

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-'''Joel''' (יואל) was the second of the twelve [[minor prophets]] and the author of the [[Book of Joel]]. He was the son of [[Pethuel]].
+'''Joel''' (יואל) was the second of the twelve [[minor prophets]] and the author of the [[Book of Joel]]. He was the son of [[Pethuel]].  The name Joel was common in Israel and means "the Lord is God".  He was probably a contemporary to [[Amos]] and [[Isaiah]], and may have been of priestly descent.
 ==The Prophet==
-[[Joel]] was probably a resident in [[kingdom of Judah|Judah]], as his commission was to that people. He makes frequent mention of Judah and [[Jerusalem]] (1:14; 2:1, 15, 32; 3:1, 12, 17, 20, 21). The name Joel was common in Israel and means "the Lord is God".
+[[Joel]] was probably a resident in the [[Kingdom of Judah]], as his commission was to that people. He makes frequent mention of Judah and [[Jerusalem]] (1:14; 2:1, 15, 32; 3:1, 12, 17, 20, 21).
 ==Historical Context==
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 Scholars debate the date of Joel with three main schools:
-*835-796BC  During the time when Joash was too young to govern and Jehoiada did so in his place (2 Kings 11; 2 Chron. 23-24).
+*835-796BC  During the time when Joash was too young to govern and [[Jehoiada]] did so in his place (2 Kings 11; 2 Chron. 23-24).
 *About 775-725BC Roughly contemporary with [[Hosea]] and [[Amos]].
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 *About 500BC Roughly contemporary with [[Zechariah]].
 [[Category:Prophets]]
 [[Category:Old Testament]]