Joel key verses

Joel 1:15 “Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.”

The nearness of the day of the LORD

Joel 2:12 “’Yet even now,’ declares the LORD, ’return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.’”

The call to wholehearted repentance

Joel 2:13 “Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love.”

The ground of repentance: God’s mercy

Joel 2:25 “I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten.”

God’s promise of restoration

Joel 2:28 “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.”

The outpouring of the Spirit, fulfilled at Pentecost

Joel 2:32 “And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”

The promise of salvation

Joel 3:14 “Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.”

Judgment on the nations