THE BOOK OF JONAH Lesson 3, Chapter 1 Continued We left off in verse 4 of Jonah chapter 1 last time. After all the preliminaries of the first 3 verses to set-up the sea saga of Jonah, we get down to brass tacks in verse 4 as God hurls violent storm winds towards the ship […]

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THE BOOK OF JONAH Lesson 2, Chapter 1 In Herman Melville’s epic work, Moby Dick, we find a most poignant remark by one of the novel’s characters named Father Mapple. This remark, I believe, well defines what we are about to undertake today: studying the unique and divinely-inspired Book of Jonah. Father Mapple says this: […]

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THE BOOK OF JONAH Lesson 1, Introduction Within its mere 4 chapters Jonah presents one of the more complex, controversial, and difficult books among all the Prophets to interpret. This might seem counter-intuitive since the story is one of the first that Jewish and Christian children are taught, and the story of Jonah is portrayed […]

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THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 8, Chapter 4 Last time we spent considerable time on discussing how prophecy works in general and that the Book of Joel operates no differently. In a nutshell it is that the prophetic fulfillments are only sometimes a one-time event. Most often these fulfillments happen more than once, in different […]

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THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 7, Chapter 3 Continued We opened our study of Joel chapter 3 last time. As we progressed, it became clear that other Prophets and their prophecies were intertwined with, and in some cases expounded upon, Joel’s prophecy especially as concerns the restoration of Judah and Israel at the same God’s […]

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THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 6, Chapter 3 We concluded Joel chapter 2 in our previous lesson and so begin chapter 3 today. I want to remind you that only some English Bible versions have Joel divided into 4 chapters (like the CJB); in others it is only 3 chapters. It doesn’t really matter; all […]

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THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 5, Chapter 2 Continued In the 2nd chapter of Joel, we witness the beauty and the justice of Yehoveh on display: severe wrath for Judah’s rebellion and treason against Him, and extreme mercy and outpouring of blessings for their obedience and sincere repentance. This fact is revealed in that Joel […]

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THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 4, Chapter 2 Who doesn’t want to know the future? Especially in this the 21st century, even totally secular folks have a sense of foreboding that something earthshaking and calamitous is coming upon our entire planet. The latest belief of what this foreboding “something” is, is wrapped up in the […]

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THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 3, Chapters 1 and 2 While biblical prophecies such as Joel’s always address a few different topics, in Joel the one that seems to be front and center revolves around The Day of Yehoveh (or the Day of the Lord as it is typically misrepresented in Bibles, for reasons that […]

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THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 2, Chapter 1 Continued One of the most interesting, and possibly surprising, things we have found in our study of the Minor Prophets of Hosea, Amos, Jonah and now Joel, is that God will instigate…He will command… disasters to happen not only upon those who do wicked things and who […]

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