GOD'S PLAN FOR THE JEWS (Joel 2:18-32)

1st17 vv. chp. 2=xtrem. harsh=descrip. loc. plag. devour. land=poet. imag.=cp. real loc. plag. Is. suff. 2 overw., gigant. com. div. judg. call. DOL (1:15; 2:1,11).  L. speaks 2 Is. thru proph. Jer. these encour. words=29:11=mean. L. has good plans 4 them=2 give them a fut. & a hope=that hope bas. on cov. L. made w/Abe & His purg. result. in their ret. 2 L. & His subseq. ret. 2 them in rest. relat. (13-14).  Joel look. bey. invas. 2 x when L. heal land (2 Chr. 7:14), just as blew loc. in2 sea, He’ll drive invad. army out land. L.’s prom. rest. Jews shown here 2b 2 aspects…

MATERIAL (18-27)=bless. both land/ppl=bas. on Is.’s prop. resp./rep. (12-17)=Then=rest. old dam. Is. suff. due 2 gener. disobed./unbelief/self-right.=jeal. husb. of any dishonor done 2 wife whom he loves, as if done to hims.=2b flushed in face=indign.

Land=L. nev. has/will canc. land prom. 2 Abe/desc.=Jews= land 2b fully poss., rest.=rest. agric. bless./abund.

People=land brings mat. fulln. & compl. enjoym.=assures Pres. & vind.

SPIRITUAL (28-32)=inaug. new age L.’s deal. w/Is. bas. on L.’s cov. prom.=bless. by outp. HS=Jew. remn. calls on C. 4 salv.=results in Jews used 2 reach nat.=outp. results HS outp. all ages=proph., dreams, vis.=signs heav./earth. rev.=salv. 4 all who call L.=remn. sav.

Jer. 29:11=L. has wond. fut. reserv. 4 both land & ppl.