HOW LONG?
INTRODUCTION: THE GENERAL THEME OF JOEL IS HIS DIVINE JUDGMENT OR “THE DAY OF JEHOVAH”. THIS ALLUDES TO A FINAL JUDGMENT OF ALL NATIONS. AT THIS JUDGMENT, THE FAITHFUL OF THE LORD WILL BE REWARDED AND UNBELIEVERS WILL BE PUNISHED.
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT:
JOEL 2: 19 (NKJV) THE LORD WILL ANSWER AND SAY TO HIS PEOPLE, “BEHOLD, I WILL SEND YOU GRAIN AND NEW WINE AND OIL, AND YOU WILL BE SATISFIED BY THEM; I WILL NO LONGER MAKE YOU A REPROACH AMONG THE NATIONS.”
READ 2 THESSALONIANS 1: 1-9.
THE APOSTLE PAUL STATES GOD’S AUTHORITY WILL BE UNIVERSALLY APPLIED AND HIS JUDGMENT COMPREHENSIVELY APPLIED TO ALL MEN. THIS INCLUDES BOTH GENTILE (NON-JEWS) AND TO ISRAEL. ALL BELIEVERS IN CHRIST WILL BE REWARDED AND UNBELIEVERS WILL BE PUNISHED.
APPLICATION: THE SOURCE OF A BELIEVER’S HOPE IS NOT IN THE PRESENT DAY, RATHER IN THE FUTURE RESTORATION OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. HOW LONG? NO ONE KNOWS.
