The book of Joel was written by none other than Joel himself. He had three purposes for writing this book: to urge people and their leaders to gather for an intense time of prayer and repentence, for the people to repent and turn from their wicked ways, and to record God's prophetic message. He touched on all of these purposes in his book.
While reading the book of Joel I found myself searching deep within my heart. When is the last time I've fasted? Another point that Joel wanted to make was for the people to repent and TURN from their wicked ways. The Bible says you either hate God and love sin or you love God and hate sin. If that is true, then why are Christians, including myself, still sinning? Why do we sit back and listen to people use his name in vain, curse each other out, or go to places that completely go against everything the word of the Lord says. Joel is calling out to the people to come to a place of true repentance.
I feel as though the Lord is at the point where he's calling for true repentance. We don't know when but he will be here any moment.
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