The book of Joel was mentioned as one of several books that are part of the exile period, covering the Southern Kingdom of Judah's fall and exile to Babylon.
We have Daniel, we have Ezekiel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Judith, Zephaniah, Nahum, Jeremiah, Joel, we have all kinds of books that should be read in this particular context.
— Episode: Introduction to the Exile (with Jeff Cav...
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The book of Joel was mentioned as one of several books that are part of the exile period, covering the Southern Kingdom of Judah's fall and exile to Babylon.
We have Daniel, we have Ezekiel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Judith, Zephaniah, Nahum, Jeremiah, Joel, we have all kinds of books that should be read in this particular context.
Episode: Day 198: The Day of the Lord (2022)
The book of Joel was discussed in the context of a national tragedy in Judah, a plague of locusts, followed by a prophecy about an even worse event, an invading army, and how God uses these events as opportunities for repentance and restoration.
the cutting locust left the swarming locust has eaten...the hopping locust left the destroying locust has eaten and basically everything is gone
here's what's coming...what's coming is even worse than a plague of locusts...that's going to be the day of the lord
the lord utters his voice before his army...for the day of the lord is great and very awesome who can endure it
whenever god allows tragedy to befall his people it is always oriented not toward their destruction but to their education...it's to their repentance and that's always the goal
i will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten...i'm even going to restore the years that you lost the time that you lost
