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Joel gives Joel a promise to convey: “In those days and at that time, when I will
make things better for Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations
together and bring them down into the Valley Where The Lord Judges. There I will
judge them.”
God has already declared how He will judge nations who had already treated Israel badly, and He
promises payback. “I will do to you what you have done to them.” That in and of itself should be impetus
enough for nations today to support Israel
and not attack them.
Before the kingdom of peace arrives, God’s will for the rest
of the nations must be brought about, and that involves them coming against Him
in battle. He stokes them up here, even
saying the reverse of what we
usually hear: “Make swords from your
plows, and make spears from your pruning hooks.” Yet God will hardly have to lift a finger to
defeat them. My commentary described
it: “God will defeat the enemy as easily
as a farmer wields a sickle or plucks grapes and crushes them to make wine.”
“The Lord will roar
like a lion from Jerusalem; His loud voice will thunder from that city, and
the sky and the earth will
shake. But the Lord will be a safe
place for His people … Then you will know
that I, the Lord your God, live on
my holy Mount Zion.”
Father, I know which side I’m on, and I want all those I love to be there with You and with
me. Help me to tell them about You and
to show them how much You truly love them.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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