The Final Chapter (3 of 3)
Series: Joel
Robert Dawson
Joel 3
There are some things in life that simply belong together. They complement one another like chocolate and peanut butter. Cheese and grits. Oreos and milk. (Can you tell its supper time)? The pairings just make sense. It’s obvious they fit together.
Other times we find things that complement one another that are not quite so obvious, like blessing and judgment. In Scripture we discover the ultimate blessing of God’s people is inseparably linked to God’s judgment on the nations. For God’s people to experience/know the final outpouring of God’s blessing and fulfillment of God’s promises, the enemies of God and His people must be decisively dealt with.
That is what the Day of The Lord is, a day of reward and a day of recompense. The Day of the Lord is the theme of Joel’s prophecy and is on full display in this third chapter, one that looks to a final future fulfilment. In our study we have learned that the Day of the Lord applies, in some degree, to any time when the Lord visits His people with reward or judgment but that each smaller/lesser visitation is only a prelude to the great and mighty Day of the Lord that is yet future which is where Joel’s gaze has turned.
Here in chapter 3, it is as if the elevation of Joel’s eyes, his vision, shifts from the immediate (the devastation from the locust) to a much more distant event, one that will occur at the end of the ages, one that consists of the Rapture, Tribulation and Millennial Reign. That is why he begins by saying, ‘‘In those days and at that time,’’ in verse 1.
It will be ‘‘in those days and at that time,’’ the Lord says, ‘‘When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they have divided up My land. 3 ’’T ...
Series: Joel
Robert Dawson
Joel 3
There are some things in life that simply belong together. They complement one another like chocolate and peanut butter. Cheese and grits. Oreos and milk. (Can you tell its supper time)? The pairings just make sense. It’s obvious they fit together.
Other times we find things that complement one another that are not quite so obvious, like blessing and judgment. In Scripture we discover the ultimate blessing of God’s people is inseparably linked to God’s judgment on the nations. For God’s people to experience/know the final outpouring of God’s blessing and fulfillment of God’s promises, the enemies of God and His people must be decisively dealt with.
That is what the Day of The Lord is, a day of reward and a day of recompense. The Day of the Lord is the theme of Joel’s prophecy and is on full display in this third chapter, one that looks to a final future fulfilment. In our study we have learned that the Day of the Lord applies, in some degree, to any time when the Lord visits His people with reward or judgment but that each smaller/lesser visitation is only a prelude to the great and mighty Day of the Lord that is yet future which is where Joel’s gaze has turned.
Here in chapter 3, it is as if the elevation of Joel’s eyes, his vision, shifts from the immediate (the devastation from the locust) to a much more distant event, one that will occur at the end of the ages, one that consists of the Rapture, Tribulation and Millennial Reign. That is why he begins by saying, ‘‘In those days and at that time,’’ in verse 1.
It will be ‘‘in those days and at that time,’’ the Lord says, ‘‘When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they have divided up My land. 3 ’’T ...
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