Key Verse:  "And rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and relenting of evil."  Joel 2: 13

In three short chapters, Joel prophesied of devastation to come because of the people's sin and how they could avoid it, the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the judgment "day of the Lord", and His mercy for those who return to Him.