(Image-University of Haifa) An Israeli Scholar recently concluded that parts of the Bible were probably written far earlier than most modern scholars thought. Professor Gershon Galil of the University of Haifa came to that conclusion after translating an inscription on a 3,000 year old piece of pottery. <<Read the Rest on my Apologetica page>>           *Top

(Shrine where the Ethiopian Ark is housed) The Orthodox Church of Ethiopia has claimed for years that they actually have the original Ark of the Covenant spoken of in the Bible. One of the problems with the claim is that they have never allowed archeologists to inspect or test the artifact which most scholars believe [...]

April 8, 2009 – Archeologists at Haifa University have announced a major find connected to the Israelite exodus from Egypt just in time for Passover.  <<Read the Rest>>

Completed Lessons: 1. Joel: Introduction           2. Joel: Outline 3. Joel: 1:1-12           4. Joel: 1:13-14         5. Joel: 1:15-20

Vs.15 The writer compares ‘that day’ to the final ‘day of the Lord’ in this verse. ‘That Day’ is code for decisive events where God intervenes in history similar to the final ‘Day of the Lord’ at the end of time. Joel understands the natural attack of the Locusts to be a Divine intervention of [...]

1:13-14 A Time For Repentance Vs 13 Joel is declaring to the priests that it is time for them to repent. With the coming of the locust plague, those who administer the daily grain and drink offerings in the temple are out of business. All they can do is put on Sackcloth and cry out [...]

In chapter one, a natural invasion of locust infests the entire land of Israel and the prophet Joel sees the plague as a judgment from God and calls for repentance. One key to understanding the purpose of this writing is in the prophet’s own name itself, Joel means: Yahweh (or Jehovah in English) is God’. [...]

JOEL: A Teaching Outline I. The Day of the Lord in the Past 1 A. The Past Day of the Locust 1:1-12 B. The Past Day of the Drought 1:13-20 II. The Day of the Lord in the Future 2:1-3:21 A. The Coming Day of the Lord 2:1-27 1. Prophecy of the Coming Invasion of [...]

The book of Joel is part of the ‘Scroll of Twelve’ referred to as the ‘minor prophets’. ‘Minor’,not because their message is less important in anyway than major prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, or even Daniel. They are called the ‘minor prophets’ because they are much shorter in length. Joel is the second book in [...]