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# 📖 Joel
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> [[#📖 Summary of Book]]
> [[#📚 Genre]]
> [[#🙋♂️ Who is the Author]]
> [[#⌛️ When Was it Written]]
> [[#🧭 Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧭 Major Themes]]
> [[#📅 Outline of Book]]
> **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]**
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## 📖 Summary of Book
> The Book of Joel calls God’s people to repentance in response to a devastating locust plague that serves as a warning of coming judgment. Using vivid imagery, Joel connects this natural disaster to “the Day of the LORD,” when God will judge sin and restore His people. He urges Judah to return to the Lord with fasting, prayer, and sincere hearts. The book concludes with promises of spiritual renewal and future blessing for those who repent.
#### 📚 Genre
- Prophetic Literature
- Minor Prophets
#### 🙋♂️ Who is the Author
- Joel, son of Pethuel
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- Possibly between 835–796 BC (early date) or 500–400 BC (late date; debated)
## 🧭 Theme Verse
>Joel 2:12–13 (NET)
“‘Yet even now,’ the LORD says, ‘return to me with all your heart—with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!’ Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love—often relenting from calamitous punishment.’”
## 🧭 Major Themes
• The Day of the LORD
• Call to repentance
• God’s mercy and compassion
• Judgment and restoration
• Spiritual renewal
• Prayer and fasting
• National repentance
• God’s sovereignty
• Outpouring of the Spirit
• Future hope
## 📅 Outline of Book
- 1:1–20 — The Locust Plague and Lament
- National crisis
- Call to mourning
- 2:1–17 — Warning and Call to Repentance
- Approaching judgment
- Appeal to return to God
- 2:18–27 — Promise of Restoration
- Renewal of land
- God’s compassion
- 2:28–32 — Outpouring of the Spirit
- Prophetic future
- Salvation promise
- 3:1–21 — Judgment of the Nations
- Valley of Jehoshaphat
- God’s final victory
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[Joel 01]]
- [[Joel 02]]
- [[Joel 03]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
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## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights
**Further Study**.
1. Douglas Stuart, Hosea–Jonah (Word Biblical Commentary: Joel section)
2. Thomas J. Finley, Joel, Amos, Obadiah (Everyman’s Bible Commentary)
3. David Allan Hubbard, Joel and Amos (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)
**Interesting Insights**.
1. Joel’s prophecy is centered on a massive locust invasion.
2. Peter quotes Joel 2 in Acts 2 at Pentecost.
3. Joel does not mention any kings.
4. The book emphasizes corporate repentance.
5. “Day of the LORD” is a central theme.
6. Joel links natural disaster with spiritual warning.
7. The book is only three chapters long.
8. Joel highlights God’s mercy alongside judgment.
9. The phrase “pour out my Spirit” appears first here.
10. Joel ends with God dwelling among His people.
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