Bible Verse of the Day Monday September 13th 2021

 Joel 2:23  Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn, and spring rains, as before.

Because of this book's poetic and prophetic nature, it is somewhat challenging to take one single verse and isolate a specific message from it.

First, we will take a general look at the book itself. It has three chapters, and the book's general theme is encouraging those who have drifted away from God or do not know Him to come or return to Him. Although Joel does give us the name of his father, Pethuel, he does not give us any information about himself. We cannot know precisely when Joel wrote the book because of no mention of any specific times or incidences. Most students of the Bible believe that Joel wrote the book during the reign of King Joash. However, there are more theories as to when he wrote this beautiful book.

The book centers around an invasion of the locus that destroys all plant life; however, Joel symbolically describes the locus as an invading human army. Thus, he foundationally centered the book around two incidences, the invasion of the locus and the outpouring of the permanent indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

The dominant theme of the book of Joel is the final judgment of God when he pours out his wrath and judgment on the unbelieving world, the time of tribulation. All the Old Testament prophets spoke of the coming of the Messiah to take away the sins of the world.  The people were satisfied with attempting to keep the law by their works. They did not understand that the animal sacrifices were but a silhouette of the ultimate one-time last sacrifice that would come at the Cross of Calvary (Hebrews 10:10).

There will be a coming of the "Day of our Lord" when He will judge the world. For those that have placed their faith and trust in the substitutionary atonement of Christ Jesus, there will be great glory and eternal bliss. But on the other hand, those that attempt a works salvation will know great suffering and eternal punishment.

During the first sermon ever preached in the modern Christian world, Peter discussed a prophecy from this book that came to fruition that day (Acts 2:16-21; Joel 2:28-32).  

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