Old Testament · Minor Prophets
Joel
A locust plague becomes the occasion for Joel's call to return to the Lord with fasting and weeping. He then promises that God will pour out his Spirit on all flesh.
- Authorship
- Attributed to Joel son of Pethuel.
- Historical setting
- Judah. The date is uncertain and the book does not fix it.
- Key themes
- The day of the Lord · Repentance · Restoration · The Spirit poured out
- Where it sits in the story
- The passage Peter quotes at Pentecost to explain what had just happened.
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