Sunday, October 24, 2010

From the men's Bible study, Oct.20



Joel 2: 23-32; Second Timothy 4: 6-8 and 16-18; Luke 18: 9-14

Welcome Back Steve Smith!

"Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
“ And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth"

The above passage is from Joel, an Old Testament Prophet living around 800 to 837 BC post Babylon exile. His words are words about the goodness of God. We can relate to the words of reconciliation; that although we have stumbled from the path, God is still there with us. Don’t give up hope and keep your faith.

“I am Jehovah your God." By these words the Prophet reminds us, that the deliverance of the people from their evils was to be wholly ascribed to the gratuitous mercy of God; for we have already seen, that things would have been past hope, had not this consolation been added — ‘Turn ye even now to me.’ The Prophet therefore repeats that there would be no other reason why God would deal so kindly with his people, and so mercifully spare them”. “The Prophet’s design: he intends not to threaten the faithful, but rather to warn them, lest they should deceive themselves with empty dreams.” Commentary taken from the Ethereal Library.


Thanks for the discussions and comments and for Father Suhar’s good summary and background on this lesser known Prophet.
Submitted by Walt Jaab

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