The term “day of the LORD” refers to God’s final intervention to punish both Israel and the nations.
1. THE LOCUST PLAGUE WAS A FORESHADOWING OF THE FUTURE DAY OF THE LORD.
2. THE LOCUSTS REPRESENT NATIONS.
3. THIS FUTURE DAY OF THE LORD IS UNPARALLELED IN ANY AGE (2:2b; cf. Daniel 12:1; Matthew 24:21, 22).
In the book of Joel, the locust plague represented an invasion of a fierce army from the north (Joel 2:20). This northern army refers to Assyria (cf. Isa. 10:5, 6; Zeph. 2:13). The defeat of Russia described in Joel 2:20 is very similar to Ezekiel’s prophecy (cf. Ezek. 39:11).
First Corinthians 1:7, 8 says we are “waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
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James J. Barker is a graduate of Tabernacle Baptist Bible College, Virginia Beach, Virginia. He started Bible Baptist Church, May 1990, in Queens, NY. The LORD commissioned him to minister in the new location of Elmont, NY in 1998. The church has moved from storefront to tent...
