Title: Joel
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2Joel
3Message of the Book
- Devastation of the land by locusts
- the day of the Lord is coming
- - Joel 21
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6The earth quakes before them, The heavens
tremble The sun and moon grow dark, And the
stars diminish their brightness. - Joel 210
7Message of the Book
- Devastation of the land by locusts
- A call to repentance
Now, therefore, says the Lord, Turn to Me
with all your heart, With fasting, with
weeping, and with mourning. So rend your
heart, and not your garments Return to the
Lord your God - Joel 212-13
8Message of the Book
- Devastation of the land by locusts
- A call to repentance
- He is known as the prophet of Pentecost
And it shall come to pass afterward That I will
pour out My Spirit on all flesh - Joel 228
9Hundreds of years later, on the day of Pentecost,
the apostles spoke the Word of God by the Spirit
of God and said this is what was spoken by
the prophet Joel And it came to pass in the
last days, says God, That I will pour out My
Spirit on all flesh - Acts 216-17
10Points of Application
- God requires genuine repentance.
- Our God is a consuming fire Heb. 1229.
- God does not want anyone to perish.
11Jonah
12Message of the Book
- Jonah is given a commission to preach to the city
of Nineveh. - Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
out against it for their wickedness has come up
before Me. - - Jonah 12
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16Nineveh Gate
17Message of the Book
- Jonah is given a commission to preach to the city
of Nineveh. - He runs away from God heads for Spain.
- But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the
presence of the Lord - - Jonah 13
18Message of the Book
- Jonah is given a commission to preach to the city
of Nineveh. - He runs away from God heads for Spain.
- He is swallowed by a great fish.
- Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow
Jonah - - Jonah 117
19Message of the Book
- Jonah is given a commission to preach to the city
of Nineveh. - He runs away from God heads for Spain.
- He is swallowed by a great fish.
- He repents, is released preaches to Nineveh.
- So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh
- - Jonah 33
20Message of the Book
- Jonah is given a commission to preach to the city
of Nineveh. - He runs away from God heads for Spain.
- He is swallowed by a great fish.
- He repents, is released preaches to Nineveh.
- He becomes angry when they repent!
- But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he
became angry - - Jonah 41
21Points of Application
- God requires genuine repentance.
- You cant run/hide from God Ps. 1397-11.
- God does not want anyone to perish.