Tag Archives: prophecy

The Final Act

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel 3:4-16 In these verses, God deals with those who have opposed Him and who have refused His offer of grace: This is His Final Judgment. As you will recall from last time, 3:4 is the beginning of His indictment … Continue reading →

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Looking far into the future

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Don Merritt

We have already seen the connection between a present temporal event and the future it represents in the first two chapters of Joel. Recall the plague of locusts in chapter 1, real and present; a crisis that required immediate action. … Continue reading →

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God’s Response to Repentance

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel 2:18-27 In the first part of this chapter, Joel has set up a picture, a picture in which the people have been in open and gross rebellion against God, and God has sent a serious plague upon them. Then … Continue reading →

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Time to Repent

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel 2: 12-17 This text falls into three parts as we will see, but more than that, it is the challenge that faces every human being alive today, for as you recall this chapter is in a context of Final … Continue reading →

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The Day of the Lord is Great

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel 2:1-11 In the first chapter Joel described the plague of locusts that had devastated the land that was supposed to flow with milk and honey; it was the present national crisis before the people of Joel’s day. In this … Continue reading →

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The Day of the Lord

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Don Merritt

Joel 1 As Joel’s account opens, there is disaster in the land in the form of an invasion of locusts. They have destroyed everything in their path that grows; crops in the fields, grain in the barns; everything. The situation … Continue reading →

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A Brief Introduction to Joel

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Don Merritt

The Prophet Joel has been called “the prophet of Pentecost”, “the prophet of hopefulness” and the “the prophet of the Spirit”, yet in spite of these nicknames, little is actually known about him as a man. In fact, there is … Continue reading →

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Revelation: The Epilogue

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Don Merritt

Revelation 22:12-21 Jesus is the speaker of these verses, in which He gives an amazing invitation coupled with an ominous warning. It begins with “Look, I am coming soon” which is the second time He has said this in chapter … Continue reading →

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John Visits with an Angel

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Don Merritt

“Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.” I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to … Continue reading →

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Trustworthy and True

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Don Merritt

The angel said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.” Revelation 22:6 With these words, the Revelation of Jesus Christ concerning … Continue reading →

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