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Joel

JOEL 1-3

CURRENT CONDITIONS (1:1-20):

The devastation (1:1-12, 15-18)

The severity (1:1-4, 6-7, 15):
The cutting locusts (1:1-4a, 15)
The swarming locusts (1:4b)
The hopping locusts (1:4c)
The stripping locusts (1:4d, 6-7)
The sorrow (1:5, 8-12, 16-18):

The proclamation (1:13-14)

Dress in sackcloth (1:13a).
Declare a fast (1:13b-14a).
Gather in the Temple (1:14b).

The supplication (1:19-20):

COMING CONDITIONS (2:1-3:21):

The day of Pentecost (2:28-32; see also Acts 2:14-18; Rev. 6:12-14)

The contents (2:28-32)
God's Spirit will be poured out upon Israel (2:28-29).
Great signs will occur in the heavens (2:30-31).
Salvation will be offered to all (2:32).
The chronology (see Acts 2:14-18; Rev. 6:12-14)
Present fulfilment (see Acts 2:14-18)
Future fulfilment (see Rev. 6:12-14)

The day of the Lord---a title for the coming Great Tribulation (2:1-21; 3:1-16):

The alarm (2:1, 15)
The admonition (2:12-14, 16-17):
The assurance (2:18-21):
The attack (2:2-11):
The anger (3:3-8):
The announcement (3:9-11):
The assembling (3:1-2, 12):
The annihilation (3:13-16):

The day of Christ-a title for the Millennium (2:22-27; 3:17-21)

Body blessings-the provision of food (2:22-26; 3:18-19)