Reflexion, A Spiritual Community
Reflexion, A Spiritual Community
Joel 4:1-7
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In our passage, there will be two parts to Joel’s prophecy
He first delivers a brief message regarding his people – a promise
- but then his word turns to a threat on “all the nations”
• specifically those that have ransacked Judah and Jerusalem
• these two parts of the message are connected:
◦ God, helping his people, entails harming their enemies
- do we need to be upset, that to restore his people and their nation, the Lord attacked their enemies?
◦ if there is another way to break the power of oppressors, to rescue and liberate the oppressed - the world hasn’t found it
◦ the agents causing the trouble must be neutralized
• what is revealed in the following verses is a vision of Israel’s destiny
◦ in part one, God clears the way for it
◦ in part two, the people prepare themselves for God