Posted June 15th, 2013 in The Prophets Speak Again
This Week’s Feature Article by Jack Kelley
This is the latest in our series on the minor prophets called “The Prophets Speak Again”. As in the past, we’ll take a message from the Lord to ancient Israel and see if there’s a parallel application in our world today. But first lets get a little better acquainted with Malachi.
Posted March 16th, 2013 in The Prophets Speak Again
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
We’ve come to the final installment in our study of the Book of Amos. The Lord’s anger against the Israelites continues, His promise of judgment clear. There will be no last minute reprieve; the Northern Kingdom will cease to exist. But as He always has, God will preserve a faithful remnant to keep the flame of His people flickering.
Posted March 9th, 2013 in The Prophets Speak Again
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
This promise of judgment against Israel began in chapter 2 verse 6 and shows no sign of letting up. Now the Lord will single out the complacent and the proud.
Posted March 2nd, 2013 in The Prophets Speak Again
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
Our study continues with chapters 4 and 5. The last time we saw that the Lord had worked up a fine head of steam in presenting His indictment of the Northern Kingdom. He’s far from finished.
Posted February 23rd, 2013 in The Prophets Speak Again
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
Having presented His indictment of Israel’s neighbors, the Lord now turns His attention toward the two Jewish Kingdoms, the Southern Kingdom of Judah first. We ended part one in verse 3 of chapter 2, so we’ll pick up the narrative in verse 4.
Posted February 16th, 2013 in The Prophets Speak Again
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
Tucked away among over 8,000 posts currently available on the website is a series of articles in a category called “The Prophets Speak Again”. This category contains commentaries on the so-called minor prophets. (The major prophets are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel. The minor prophets are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. They’re not called minor because they’re less important, but because their books are shorter.)
Posted December 19th, 2009 in The Prophets Speak Again
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
Having experienced an actual plague of locusts in Israel, which he described in chapter one, Joel understood that the Lord was causing him to see it as a vision of the End Times leading up to the Day of the Lord. He began recording His description of this vision in chapter 2 bringing it to its conclusion in chapter 3, which is the topic of this study.
Posted December 12th, 2009 in The Prophets Speak Again
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
This week we’re continuing our series on Joel with a survey of Chapter 2, the heart of Joel’s prophecy.
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand- a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to come. (Joel 2:1-2)
Posted December 5th, 2009 in The Prophets Speak Again
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. (Joel 2:1)
Joel could be called the unknown prophet because outside of his three chapter book and one reference in Acts 2:16 there’s not much said about him anywhere. Not in the Bible and not in the history books. His father Pethuel (the name means vision of God) was unknown as well. In the absence of fact scholars rush in with opinion but there’s no consensus among them as to when Joel wrote his book. Some say it was in the 9th Century BC and others claim it was 300 years later, after the return from Babylon.
Posted April 18th, 2009 in The Prophets Speak Again
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
Remember from our last installment that Zephaniah wrote just before the time of the Babylonian captivity. In chapter 2 he opens with prophecies concerning the nations around Israel that would also be conquered by Babylon. The Lord was about to give Nebuchadnezzar the entire Middle East. Jeremiah also prophesied that this would happen. Read Post »
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