Answer: Pethuel - "Persuaded Of God"
Pethuel, the father of Joel, had the name that translates as, "Persuaded Of God", while the name Joel (Yo'el) itself means, "Yahweh Is God."
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Answer: palmerworm, locust, cankerworm, caterpillar
Joel 1:4 "That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten."
A palmerworm is the caterpillar stage of a locust. Cankerworm is also a type of locust.
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Answer: dried up
Joel 1:10 "The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth."
It seems Israel was going through a drought at this point and the priests were mourning because there was nothing to eat or drink.
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Answer: darkness and blood
The New Testament book of Acts alludes to this as an upcoming future event as well. The prophet Joel is even mentioned by Luke, the author of Acts, in chapter 2, verses 16-21. According to both scriptures, these events among others, like people dreaming dreams and speaking prophecies, are indicative of the signs and wonders that will occur prior to the "great and terrible day of the Lord."
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Answer: withered
Joel 1:17 "The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered."
The locusts that invaded had made things very hard on the Israelites.
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Answer: Garden of Eden
Joel 2:3 "A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them."
The Garden of Eden was the home of Adam and Eve until they ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
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Answer: He will pity them
Verses and 18 and 19 of the 2nd chapter of Joel say this, in the King James Version of the Bible:
"Then the Lord will be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
"Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen."
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Answer: dark
Joel 2:10 "The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining."
Not only will the sun and moon not shine, but the stars will cease as well, so it will be very dark.
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Answer: "a day of darkness and gloominess", with "clouds and thick darkness"
This text seems to speak of an invasion of Judah by a foreign army "of the north" (in verse 20). Many people believe this to represent Russia, whom they feel is the "Gog and Magog" spoken of in Revelation 20:8.
Whatever nation this is representing, Joel indicates that it will be defeated in its endeavors by God Himself, and He will ultimately care for His own people.
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Answer: blood
Joel 2:31 "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come."
According to Christians, Joel is prophesying the end times.
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Answer: God
"And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?"
A reference is also made to this in Jeremiah 25:30.
"Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar from his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth."
(King James Version)
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Answer: the Grecians
Joel 3:6 "The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border."
Grecia is the country we know as Greece. In some translations I believe it says Greece, but in the King James it is Grecia.
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Answer: war
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Answer: Jehoshaphat
In the King James Version of Joel 3:12 we read, "Let the heathen be awakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about."
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Answer: It shall be a desolation.
Joel 3:19 "Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land."
This is one of the verses that implies that the nations that are a threat to Israel will not be around in the end times.
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Answer: Zion
The last two verses of Joel put it this way, in the King James Version:
"But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion."
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Answer: Zion
Joel 3:21 "For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion."
Zion could be a reference to Heaven.
I hope you enjoyed this quiz. The next quiz in this series will be on the book of Amos.
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