Joel
has just taken us through 13 verses where he has called God’s people to
attention, remembrance, and for them to mark the uniqueness of this event. He
has in vivid imagery, described the horrible effects of a city coming under
siege by an army God has sent as a judgment for their covenantal disobedience.
And so, now with no less force he commands the elders to call for the people to
assemble and to fast and pray promoting the seriousness of their lamentation
over their sins and the effects they have caused. And then he uses the imagery
of the Day of Judgment as a way to give weight to the situation. Then he wraps
up his description of the destruction of their surroundings by telling them
that their gladness and joy is cut off just like their food supply. Finally he
ends with a model of the type of repentant prayer they ought to offer up . How
do you think we should mourn the loss our nation experienced in Katrina and in
911?
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