Minor Prophets (Adults)

Joel Chapter 2

Lesson written by Brandon Vetter and Murray Wade

Joel Questions

Text: Joel 2 [Please read the text through and then answer these questions]

1. What does “the day of the Lord is coming” in verse 2 mean?

2. How do the plagues of the locusts, famine, and drought from Chapter 1 compare to the day of the Lord described in Chapter 2?

3. How does Joel describe the invasion in verses 2-10?

4. What effect does this invasion have on the people of Judah in verse 6?

5. How can the judgment of the day of the Lord be avoided from verses 12-17?

6. Why were the people called on to rend their hearts and not their garments?   

7. If Judah does what is encouraged in verses 12-17, what will happen?

8. How is the trumpet blowing in verse 15 different from the one in verse 1?  In what passage in Numbers did God explain to the Israelites how to determine the meaning of blowing of the trumpets?

9. Who was to be called to come to the assembly in verse 16? 

10. Verse 18 begins a reversal of the devastation from chapter 1.  Please make a list of the things that God will give to Judah in verses 18-26 that were taken away in chapter 1.

11. What is to come after the events of the day of the Lord in verses 1-27?

12. Chapter 2:28-32 is used in a famous New Testament sermon. Where is that sermon and how is this passage referred to?