Joel And Malachi

Have you read “The Footsteps of the Messiah”,by Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum? If you have,on page 129 and 130 he is discussing other pretrib events.He says that Joel 2:31 will take place before the tribulation. He also says Elijah will come before the tribulation according to Malachi 4:5,6.

Q. My question concerns Joel 2:31 and the opinion of another teacher. Have you read “The Footsteps of the Messiah”,by Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum? If you have,on page 129 and 130 he is discussing other pretrib events.He says that Joel 2:31 will take place before the tribulation.He also says Elijah will come before the tribulation according to Malachi 4:5,6. I I find this facinating and exciting,but I also realize that the rapture could occur before these two events even though they will be pretrib. I value your opinion so much.I would really appreciate a response.

A. Yes, I know Dr. Fruchtenbaum. He gave me the Hebrew translation for the phrase “Footsteps of the Messiah” that we use on this website, and has also been my guest at several prophecy conferences in the US and Israel.

Joel 2:31 describes the sun going dark and the moon turning red. This is also mentioned in Rev. 6:12. Malachi 4:5-6 promises the return of Elijah. Both events are said to happen before the Day of the Lord. Arnold is interpreting that phrase to mean before the Great Tribulation, which is a reasonable thing to do.

As you know, I believe the two witnesses of Rev. 11 are Moses and Elijah. Since the Great Tribulation begins on Earth in Rev. 13, and both Rev. 6 and Rev. 11 precede it, this view is consistent with my understanding.