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The Book of JoelThe book of Joel is a record of the messages of the prophet Joel. As with most prophets, Joel's message focused on current events, but also had a secondary application towards the future, some of which has occurred and some of which is yet to occur. Little is known about Joel and the time that he lived is hard to pinpoint. His message was about the sorry state of the peoples' disregard for God and occurred when the dual disasters of locusts and drought devastated the land (representing God's punishment). Joel then records the people's response to it, with the book happily concluding with words of promise and hope. Joel is sometimes called a minor prophet. This does not mean he wasn't important, but merely that the book named after him is shorter! (Compare this to the major prophets, whose books are much longer.) (See our Internet resources page for sites with more information on this topic.) |
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