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Introduction to the Book of Joel God's
hand of discipline also reaches out to

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restore those He loves.

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God's prophet, Joel, warned those living
in the southern kingdom of Judah to return

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to God before even greater discipline and
judgment befell them.

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Joel, whose name means, The Lord is God,
was a constant reminder of the one true

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God.

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Joel used a recent plague of locusts and a
time of drought to illustrate his message

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of God's discipline.

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He spoke of coming judgment with the
phrase The Day of the Lord, which had

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meaning both for the people in his day and
for a future time of judgment.

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Listen now as the prophet Joel describes
how God pursues His people, offering

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restoration and blessing, and how God
would one day pour out His Spirit upon all flesh.