In Joel, it says the whole world is broken down, and that God will fix it. Yahweh writes, " 'Even now,' declares the Lord, 'return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.' Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity. Who knows? He may tun and relent and leave behind a blessing - grain offerings and drink offerings for the Lord your God." (Joel 2:12-14) I really think it will happen...then maybe it will.
Rend means to tear yourself away from all evil, and remove all sin from your heart and from the heart of your family. Joel is talking about repentance: apologizing, and turning to the Lord, and choosing to make a change in your heart and soul and mind and spirit.
God sends an army of angels and archangels. Joel says, "It is close at hand - a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was in ancient times nor ever will be in ages to come." (Joel 2:2) This is a psychic prophecy about the first coming: angels and archangels came to be the Messiah (Jesus)'s apostles/deciples. It is a revolution of consciousness. There is no "destroying angel". Some translations of the Holy Bible say there is, but it was translated wrong. It means the angels came to bring peace and love and joy and acceptance of Jesus and the sacrifice He was coming to give.
Archangels bring God's Word. In the New Testament, it says that God will say more things than just what He says in pen and ink through the prophets. All of the Holy Bible was breathed and inspired by God. Joel says that archangels and archangelic people refuse to be angry, except for righteous anger at evil in some beings' hearts. First it is righteous anger, then it is calm preaching, aiming to destroy that evil - not the being. God never gives up on the beings He created. Hate devils - shun evil - but know that God will help them and destroy their evil. Remember what a movie told me: hate the crime, not the criminal. One day God told me, "There is no such thing as an unforgivable sin. Every time you wake up you will grow in faith," He also said, "God defeated death on the cross." Since 0, everyone was created immortal: Yahweh, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit promise eternal life. It means we get to live forever with the same body, soul, and spirit.
Joel also says, "Let the weakling say, 'I am strong!' (Joel 3:10b). This means that no one has to be weak. Choose to be immortal (suicide is a sin); choose to be strong. Aim for super-strength and super-speed, but know how to be gentle and loving too. You need to know how to refrain from using your super-strength (for example, in a handshake).
Joel says to gather the fruit. He says this by saying "Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe." (Joel 3:13a) Gather the fruits of goodness and love and compassion in your hearts and in others. There are many interpretations, though. Some might say it means to get rid of the evil in the harvest, and only keep the good. It means this too.
Everywhere in the Holy Bible, though, it says "do not be afraid, for I am with you." It says it somewhere in Joel. God is with us. Return to Him, choose to accept Jesus into your heart. Once you're saved, you're always saved, even if you temporarily lose your faith. God will give you time to return to Christianity. Its the only right religion. We aren't sent to hell for not going to church, but we need church for fellowship (true friendship) with other christians.
When you're filled with the Spirit of the Lord, pain doesn't bother you as much. (Something my father told me.)
That's all for now. Love,
Rebecca :) <3
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