Tim Romero

Joel 3:1-2 (ESV): “For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2  I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land.” There is coming a day when all the nations will gather against the nation of Israel. It will not be a battle—it will be a...

Joel 2:1 (ESV): “Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near.” The day of the Lord is a phrase that should put the fear of God into the heart of man. It refers to divine wrath and judgment. Don’t wait to get right with God. The trumpet is sounding—take the warning to heart! Joel is given revelation concerning the wrath to come. He defines the day of the Lord as a time of darkness and...

Joel 1:13-14 (ESV): “13   Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God. 14  Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.” Repentance is the way back into fellowship with God. We are not saved by repentance but by...