THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
JOEL
CHAPTER
3
1. For then, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2. I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgement with them there, on account of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations. They have divided my land, 3. and cast lots for my people, and traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, and drunk it down.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 1 to 3)
Oh God my Father You love me so much that You stand up in order to defend me against the forces of evil and pass judgement on them. You know that many of the sins that I do are not done freely but because of the temptations of the evil one, who day and night is always ready to strike me in my areas of weakness. But this evil spirit is a loser and will one day face the final judgement which will mark the end of evil Amen.
4. What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads swiftly and speedily. 5. For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 4 to 5)
Oh God my Father, I ask You the same question. What am I to You my God and Father, what have I done to You to love me so much? I greatly thank You God for loving me so much Amen.
6. You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border. 7. But now I will rouse them to leave the places to which you have sold them, and I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads. 8. I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away; for the Lord has spoken.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 6 to 8)
Oh GOD my Father even though You permit us to experience tribulations for our own good, You will only permit this period of trial up to the point that we can bear it and hopefully have learnt our lesson and repented from our sins, else we might need further testing!
I thank You my GOD and Father for not giving us such an easy life, so that we can experience growth on many levels both as humans and as Christians or Roman Catholics Amen.
9. Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, stir up the warriors. Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up. 10. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, " I am a warrior."
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 9 to 10)
Oh God now is the time to arm ourselves with the weapons of the Holy Spirit, now is the time to be grounded in the "Good News" for the forces of evil are launching one attack after another, and we need to be armed well against our greatest enemy Amen.
11. Come quickly, all you nations, gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD. 12. Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to Judge all the neighbouring nations.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 11 to 12)
Oh all nations may we unite and rejoice, repent from our sinful ways and turn to You my God and Father and celebrate in joy and thanksgiving. I invite you to click on the following link and join me in this song of praise amen
Come on and Celebrate
13. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the wine press is full. The vats overflow for their wickedness is great.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verse 13)
Oh God and brothers and sisters in God my Father this is the 'Year of Mercy', this is the time for us wake up from our dream world and turn back from our ways to God, This is the time to reach others and help them unite back to You my God and Father Amen. Let us pass on the message of Your mercy by showing our mercy to others. Amen.
14. Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision, 15. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 14 to 15)
Oh God my Father I pray that I will always seek Your light, for even what seems to be light in me can in truth be darkness. I pray that You never cease to shine Your love care and faith one me, for I am like the moon that has not its own light, but that which it receives from the Sun Amen.
16. The LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verse 16)
Oh God indeed You are the 'Rock of my Salvation', only in You do I find refuge, love and consolation and not in people or in the ways of the world. Blessed be the Holy Name of God. In a spirit of prayer and praise I invite You to click on the following link and join me in praise and worship to God, the 'Rock of my Salvation'
God the Rock of My Salvation
17. So you shall know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall never again pass through it.
(The Book of Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verse 17)
Oh God I am sorry to say that at times even though we see the signs we do not obey them, they may be signs of the world or commandments. Today I violated a visible traffic sign. I am still so weak in obedience I pray that You remain close by me, for I cannot survive for one second without You. Amen. I wish to obey You by being holy, but I am still far away. Amen.
18. In that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, the hills shall flow with milk, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water; a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD and water the Wadi Shittim.
(The Book of Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verse 18)
Oh God my Father You are my only source of love and life. Your presence is like fresh water that irrigates the dryness of my soul and gives new life to me. Amen.
19. Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood. 20. But Judah shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to all generations. 21. I will avenge their blood, and I will not clear the guilty for the LORD dwells in Zion.
(The Book of Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 19 to 21)
Oh God my Father as in the case of the people of Judah You will also avenge me from my enemies that are trying to keep me in exile in my personal sinful state which I call as Egypt. My sinful self keeps me in bondage, but as You said You will make my Egypt a desolation and pay it for all the discomfort it has been causing me throughout mt life. I thank You God my Father for treating me and my case as being a top priority Amen. Thank You God my Father.
I would like to end the third chapter of the book of the prophet Joel which brings us to the end of the book with the following prayer.
Oh God my Father there comes a time in life for one to make certain decisions, not all of them may have positive consequences, but if they are based on Your Word I consider them as being the fruit of prayer and not of rationality or deductive reasoning. I would again as I did many times offer You all my issues while still in the valley of decision so that You can pass the final judgement on me and my situations. I am ready to accept whatever outcome You consider as being the right one Amen.
I invite you to click on the following link which sends you to the first chapter of the book of the Prophet Amos:-
https://bibleanalysisbookssmallprophets.blogspot.com/2016/06/books-of-small-prophets-amos-chapter-1.html
4. What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads swiftly and speedily. 5. For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 4 to 5)
Oh God my Father, I ask You the same question. What am I to You my God and Father, what have I done to You to love me so much? I greatly thank You God for loving me so much Amen.
6. You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border. 7. But now I will rouse them to leave the places to which you have sold them, and I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads. 8. I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away; for the Lord has spoken.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 6 to 8)
Oh GOD my Father even though You permit us to experience tribulations for our own good, You will only permit this period of trial up to the point that we can bear it and hopefully have learnt our lesson and repented from our sins, else we might need further testing!
I thank You my GOD and Father for not giving us such an easy life, so that we can experience growth on many levels both as humans and as Christians or Roman Catholics Amen.
9. Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, stir up the warriors. Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up. 10. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, " I am a warrior."
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 9 to 10)
Oh God now is the time to arm ourselves with the weapons of the Holy Spirit, now is the time to be grounded in the "Good News" for the forces of evil are launching one attack after another, and we need to be armed well against our greatest enemy Amen.
11. Come quickly, all you nations, gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD. 12. Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to Judge all the neighbouring nations.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 11 to 12)
Oh all nations may we unite and rejoice, repent from our sinful ways and turn to You my God and Father and celebrate in joy and thanksgiving. I invite you to click on the following link and join me in this song of praise amen
Come on and Celebrate
13. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the wine press is full. The vats overflow for their wickedness is great.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verse 13)
Oh God and brothers and sisters in God my Father this is the 'Year of Mercy', this is the time for us wake up from our dream world and turn back from our ways to God, This is the time to reach others and help them unite back to You my God and Father Amen. Let us pass on the message of Your mercy by showing our mercy to others. Amen.
14. Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision, 15. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 14 to 15)
Oh God my Father I pray that I will always seek Your light, for even what seems to be light in me can in truth be darkness. I pray that You never cease to shine Your love care and faith one me, for I am like the moon that has not its own light, but that which it receives from the Sun Amen.
16. The LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
(The Book of Small Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verse 16)
Oh God indeed You are the 'Rock of my Salvation', only in You do I find refuge, love and consolation and not in people or in the ways of the world. Blessed be the Holy Name of God. In a spirit of prayer and praise I invite You to click on the following link and join me in praise and worship to God, the 'Rock of my Salvation'
God the Rock of My Salvation
17. So you shall know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall never again pass through it.
(The Book of Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verse 17)
Oh God I am sorry to say that at times even though we see the signs we do not obey them, they may be signs of the world or commandments. Today I violated a visible traffic sign. I am still so weak in obedience I pray that You remain close by me, for I cannot survive for one second without You. Amen. I wish to obey You by being holy, but I am still far away. Amen.
18. In that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, the hills shall flow with milk, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water; a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD and water the Wadi Shittim.
(The Book of Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verse 18)
Oh God my Father You are my only source of love and life. Your presence is like fresh water that irrigates the dryness of my soul and gives new life to me. Amen.
19. Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood. 20. But Judah shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to all generations. 21. I will avenge their blood, and I will not clear the guilty for the LORD dwells in Zion.
(The Book of Prophets Joel Chapter 3 verses 19 to 21)
Oh God my Father as in the case of the people of Judah You will also avenge me from my enemies that are trying to keep me in exile in my personal sinful state which I call as Egypt. My sinful self keeps me in bondage, but as You said You will make my Egypt a desolation and pay it for all the discomfort it has been causing me throughout mt life. I thank You God my Father for treating me and my case as being a top priority Amen. Thank You God my Father.
I would like to end the third chapter of the book of the prophet Joel which brings us to the end of the book with the following prayer.
Oh God my Father there comes a time in life for one to make certain decisions, not all of them may have positive consequences, but if they are based on Your Word I consider them as being the fruit of prayer and not of rationality or deductive reasoning. I would again as I did many times offer You all my issues while still in the valley of decision so that You can pass the final judgement on me and my situations. I am ready to accept whatever outcome You consider as being the right one Amen.
I invite you to click on the following link which sends you to the first chapter of the book of the Prophet Amos:-
https://bibleanalysisbookssmallprophets.blogspot.com/2016/06/books-of-small-prophets-amos-chapter-1.html
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