SURVEY OF JOEL

 

Key thought: Locust Plague.  To Judah, the Southern Kingdom.  Date unknown.  Barnes Notes places it around 800 BC.  Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary B.C. 870-865.

CHAP

KEY WORDS

OUTLINE

 

 

 

1:

LOCUSTS

Intro: (1:1)

I.        Locust plague

A.      Sound the alarm

1.        Hear (2-4)

2.        Awake (5-7)

3.        Lament (8-12)

4.        Gird yourselves with sackcloth (13-14)

5.       Alas for the day (15-20)

2:

TRUMPETS

6.        Blow the trumpets (1-3)

B.       The enemy described (4-11)

C.       Call to repentance (12-32)

1.        Turn and repent (12-14)

2.        Call a solemn assembly (15-17)

3.        Remember the promises of Jehovah (18-20)

4.        Trust in Jehovah (21-27)

II.      The coming day of salvation.

A.      Promise of the coming of Jehovah’s Spirit (28-32)

3:

CAPTIVES
  1. God will rescue his people from their enemies (1-8)
  2. Warning that God is coming to fight! (9-13)
  3. The day of Jehovah is near (14-17)

“Multitudes in the valley of decision”

  1. Triumph and cleansing for Judah (18-21)