Joel pt 2

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Part 2 theme

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The Great and Terrible Day of the Lord

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There will be a renewal of prophecy but a great and terrible day of the Lord will come when the __

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sun will turn into darkness and the moon into blood

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Only those who do what will be saved

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Invoke the Name of the Lord

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That nations are told to

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prepare for battle

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In an reversal of Isaiah’s oracle of peace - they are to

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Beat their PLOWSHARES in to SWORDS

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What the first part portrays in natural disaster caused by the

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withdrawal of the divine presence (shekinah_

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The Second part presents God’s ______ ____ in terms of active judgement against ________

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supernatural presence, judgement against Israel’s enemies and active grace for his people.

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The Book of Joel although brief, is profound. Both in its grasp of the relationship between __ and _______

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historical events and the supra-historical expectation of the day of the Lord

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Theological Themes of Joel

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From DEVASTATION TO REDEMPTION

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The plague in Ch. 1 functions as th e_____- the the Message of Redemption from Tragedy

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Prologue

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Joel urges his listeners to

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REPENT and RETURN to the Lord

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Urges people to rend their “hearts and not their garments” because the Lord is

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gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great compassion

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Joel’s message moves from ___ & ____ to ______-

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Destruction & Devastation to an idyllic recreation and renewal

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Joel shows God as the _____

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Great Warrior God

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All the Nations of the Earth will be summed to justice at a great ____ to be held in the Valley of ____-

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RIV in the Valley of Jehoshaphat

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The Great Day of the Lord will be a day of ___ and _____

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Accountability and Judgement

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The Day of the Lord is to evoke ____- and a ______

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T’Shuvah (conversion) and a greater devotion to the Lord

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The Day of the Lord will prepare the way for the ___ age which will be an age of ___ and ___

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Eschatological age which will be an age of BLESSING and SALVATION

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I will pour my spirit on all flesh, your sons and your daughters will PROPHESY… this makes a holy nation. ____ makes the nation holy, not _____

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PROPHETS not PRIESTS

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God’s promises are based upon his commitment to the _______ _____ with his people

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Covenant Relationship

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God promises a full Covenant relationship - 5 points

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1. Spiritual
2. Material
3. God will remove enemies
4. God’s Blessing - gifts of a Victorious King
5. God is with his people

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God Promises his people (5)

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• Drive Northern Enemy Away
• Repay you
• Pour out my spirit
• Restore the fortunes
• Gather the nations

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God’s deeds on behalf of Judah prove that

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He is the Faithful God of the Covenant

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The Spirit of God is his guarantee that ______ and that he will bring __

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HE is Present in Israel’s suffering and that he will bring the promised restoration

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That ____ will be a turning point in the covenant an fit will be an

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Day of the Lord; Apocalypse of Retribution and of Salvation

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Israel will become a holy nation because of the __ not the __

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PROPHETS not Priests

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Unlike 1st Isaiah Joel envisions

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no Universal Sharing of God’s Gifts nor the assembling of all the nations at the Jerusalem Temple. No universal Peace and Oneness

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Joel famously reverses Isaiah’s …

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Joel: beat their PLOWSHARES into SWORDS
Isaiah: beat SWORDS into PLOWSHARES

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Unlike Amos and the Pre-Exilic Prophets

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Joel does not dwell on PAST or PRESENT SINS but rather on God’s commitment to hie covenantal promise to protect Israel from enemies.