1. Joel Rebellion & Return The Day of the L ORD

2. Joel Reminder & Warning Devastation & Healing Rebellion & Return Question & Answer Joel 1:1-2:17Joel 2:18-3:21

3. Mt Ebal Disobedience = Curses Disobedience = Curses Mt Gerizim Obedience = Blessings Deuteronomy 27-28

4. Joel The day of the L ORD HWHYYHWHHaShemG_d

5. Joel Yow’eel YAHWEH ‘Eel The L ORD is God

6. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1:1-12 Plague of locusts Wake up! A nation has invaded My land My vines, My fig trees Mourn Offerings cut off Fields are ruined Despair Joy is withered away

7. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1:6 2:4-5 Actual plague of locusts? Or Symbol of a nation invading? Revelation 9 Locusts in the future

8. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1:6-7 2:18 3:2 Whose land is this? Who owns the contents? II Chronicles 7: 18-22

9. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1: 8-12 Dried up Withered Destroyed Surely the joy of mankind is withered away

10. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1:13-20 Offerings withheld Day of the L ORD = destruction No joy in Temple Food cut off No seeds, no grain Livestock suffering Wildfires Drought

11. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 1:15 Day of the L ORD coming like destruction from the Almighty Isaiah 13 Ezekiel 30: 1-4 Zephaniah 1: 14-18 II Peter 3: 10

12. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 1-11 Day of the L ORD = darkness, gloom, blackness, clouds Large & mighty army Devouring fire Nothing escapes Like cavalry in battle Nations in anguish Like thieves they enter Day of the L ORD = dreadful

13. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 1-2, 10-11 Day of the L ORD = darkness, gloom, blackness, clouds Day of the L ORD = great, dreadful Who can endure it? Matthew 24: 29 Isaiah 34: 4 Revelation 6: 12-14 Revelation 8: 5

14. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 11 Day of the L ORD Who can endure it? Amos 5: 18 Why do you long for it?

15. Joel Rebellion & Return Luke 21: 34-36 Revelation 3: 10 Day of the L ORD Is there a way out? Jesus rescues us from the coming wrath I Thessalonians 1:10 I Thessalonians 5: 1-6

16. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 12-17 Even now…return to Me Return to Me and I will return to you Zechariah 1: 3 Deuteronomy 4: 25-31

17. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 13-14 Rend your heart & return Gracious Compassionate Slow to anger Abounding in love Relents from sending calamity Blessing used for…?

18. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 15-17 Assemble everyone Spare your people Protect your inheritance Why should they say “Where is their God?”

19. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 17 Your inheritance: - An object of scorn - A byword among the nations Why should they say “Where is their God?” I Kings 9: 6-9 Psalms 44: 9-14

20. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 17 The land of Israel, the people of Israel - An object of scorn, a byword Why should they say “Where is their God?” Ezekiel 36

21. Joel Reminder & Warning Devastation & Healing Rebellion & Return Question & Answer Joel 1:1-2:17Joel 2:18-3:21

22. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 18 - out of jealousy for His land - out of pity for His people Never again… A restoration will come - The people to the land The land to the people Joel 2: 19 & Amos 9: 11-15

23. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 20 An army from the north Driven to the Seas Stench of the dead Gog & Magog Ezekiel 38 & 39

24. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 21-27 Return & Restoration Bountiful land Abundant showers Overflowing grain & wine And you will… And never again…

25. Joel Rebellion & Return Joel 2: 26-27 Return & Restoration You will praise never again… You will know… never again…