DECISION TIME Suggested Reading: Joel 3 In Israel at the southwest end of the Dead Sea this valley can be seen, which leads into the Jordan Valley wilderness. Key Verses: Joel 3:14, 16b Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. …But the Lord will be a shelter for His people, and the strength of the children of Israel. The “decision” made concerning the multitudes gathered in the “valley of decision” is to judge the Gentile nations. In Joel 12:12, God says through Joel what will happen in the valley, “I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.” To Israel, Jerusalem and Judah, God, the righteous Judge, whose decisions are always just, decides to give “shelter,” “strength,” “security,” “holiness,” “prosperity,” “a future,” and the Judge will “acquit” His people of all “bloodguilt!” The nation state known as Israel was restored by the action of all the security counsel member countries of the United Nations, and almost unanimously by the entire membership of nation states represented there. This happening, unprecedented in the history of the world, took place just 66 years ago. Joel prophesies that “The Day of the Lord is near!” Joel tells us to watch for signs in the sky. What astronomers, and those who observe carefully see, will indicate God’s pending action. Jesus Christ, as the greatest Prophet, spoke of “signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars.” He said that when these things “begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near!” (Read Luke 21:25-36).
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:04:23 +0000
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