Vivid and Moving Passages from Joel

“What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten; And was the creeping locus has left, the stripping locust has eaten.”

This passage from Joel is very vivid to me.  Basically the book is describing that absolutely nothing is left and the locusts made sure of it.  This passage, I’m sure is meant to be taken in other senses as well.  After the return of the Lord, God is going to wipe out all those who have decided to turn away from Him.  No one will be left.  All of those, along with Satan and his demons, will be trapped in the Lake of Fire forever.  I can imagine the Battle of Armageddon.  This day precedes the Day of Judgment and is The battle between good and evil.  Jesus races down from the clouds on a white horse, followed by His massive and most powerful army created of angels and Christ’s children.  We shall rush the enemy and take them down by the sword.  No one and nothing will be left, for Jesus will be victorious!

Another passage that I found both vivid and moving in Joel says, “’I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, blood fire and columns of smoke.  The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.’”

This passage paints a vivid image in my head of the day before the return of the Lord.  I picture blood dripping over the moon until it is crimson.  I picture the earth in turmoil, people running and screaming, fires ablaze all over the land, a smoke so thick that it is hard to breathe.  We as God’s children take comfort for we know that He is coming soon to rescue us.