Joel the
prophet shared how the LORD would call, “Multitudes, multitudes”
to the “valley of decision”, and the “sun, moon and
stars” would be affected by the judgment He would pour out upon
the enemy nations of Judah. In chapter three and verse sixteen of his
prophesy, Joel told how the LORD will “roar out of Zion”
and “utter his voice from Jerusalem” where we read:
The
LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem;
and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will
be the hope of his people, and the strength
of the children of Israel.
The
verse begins, “The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter
his voice from Jerusalem;” Joel began the the words, “The
LORD” which refers to “Yehovah or Jehovah who is the existing
One and the proper name for the one true God” “also shall
roar” or “rumble, moan or thunder” “out of Zion”
which means “parched place” and is “another name for Jerusalem
especially in the prophetic books”, “and utter” or “put,
set, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, entrust
and yield” “his voice” which means “sound, noise,
bleating, crackling and proclamation” “from Jerusalem”
which means “teaching of peace” and is “the chief city of
Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah
after the split”. In addition to the “sun, moon and stars”
being affected, the LORD would employ His “thunderous” “voice”
from the city of “Jerusalem”.
The verse goes on to say, “and
the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will
be the hope of his people, and the
strength of the children of Israel.” Joel
added, “and the heavens”
or “the visible universe, sky and atmosphere” “and
the earth” or “the land, country,
territory, district and region” “shall
shake” which means “quake and cause to
spring or leap”: “but the LORD”
which refers to “ Yehovah or Jehovah who is the existing One and
the proper name for the one true God” “will
be the hope” or “refuge and shelter”
“of his people”
which refers to “God's nation, compatriots, country-men, kinsman
and kindred”, “and the strength”
which means “place of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold,
fastness and harbor” “of the children”
or “sons, grandsons, children and members
of a group” “of Israel”
which means “God prevails or governed by God” and is “the name
of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob”. The
LORD's “voice”
would “shake” the
“heavens” above
and the “earth”
beneath and be the “hope”
and “strength” of
His people.
When
we meditate upon these words of Joel, we may remember the power of
the LORD's “voice” to create the entire universe. Is it
any wonder that His “voice” would “shake” the
“heavens and earth” in this situation? Woe be to those who
are opposed to the people of the LORD, and should we be against Him
in any manner, let us repent, turn our hearts to His Son Jesus Christ
and allow His “voice” to be our “hope and strength”
before His “roar” and “voice” is against us.
Next
time Joel shares about the “holiness of Jerusalem”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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