29. Joel

  • 29. Joel (The Choice: Vol.1)

    The People of Judah Category: Endurance through disaster & call to repentance Could avoid: Ignore the locust plague and drought as mere natural events.“What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten.” (Joel 1:4)Cross-Refs: Deuteronomy 28:38; Amos 4:9. Chose: Fast, mourn, and cry out to the LORD.“Declare a…

  • 29. Joel (The Choice Vol.2)

    Complacent People Before the Locust Plague Category: Failure of repentance Could endure: Return to God with fasting and humility.“Even now, declares the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” (Joel 2:12)Cross-Refs: Hosea 14:1–2; James 4:8–10. Chose wrongly: Ignored warnings, lived in indulgence.“Wake up,…

  • Joel (Bible Translation History)

    1. Chronological Evolution of Bible Translations Ancient Translations (Before 5th Century CE) Medieval Translations (5th–15th Century CE) Reformation and Renaissance Translations (16th–17th Century CE) Modern Translations (18th Century–Present) 2. Textual Criticism and Manuscript Traditions Key Manuscripts Textual Variants and Their Impact Scholarly Methods of Textual Criticism Textual critics compare the…

  • 29. Joel (Bible Summary)

    Title (1:1) Judah Experiences a Foretaste of the Day of the Lord (1:2—2:17) Judah Is Assured of Salvation in the Day of the Lord (2:18—3:21) The Coming of the Day of the Lord (ch. 3)

  • 29. Joel (Bible Overview)

    (1) Book Information 1.1 Title and Definition• Title: Joel – named after the prophet Joel (Yo’el in Hebrew), meaning “The LORD is God”• Definition: A prophetic book that uses the imagery of a devastating locust plague and future divine judgement (the Day of the LORD) to call the people to…

  • 29. Joel (Prefiguring Jesus) 

    Foreshadowing Jesus in the Book of Joel 1. Introduction: Overview of the Book and Its Foreshadowing Themes 2. Historical and Theological Context 3. Narrative Structure and Christ-Centred Motifs 4. Typology and Symbols of Christ 5. Messianic Prophecies and Previews 6. Theological and Christological Significance 7. Redemptive Legacy and Christian Application…