Joel: Warnings, Promises, and the God Who Still Saves

Pastor John S. Dickerson explains Joel’s powerful imagery—using a horizon of “mountain-range prophecies” that were fulfilled in the past, are being fulfilled today, and will be fulfilled again when Christ returns. Joel warns a prosperous and complacent people that drifting from God brings judgment, yet he also declares God’s mercy: His Spirit would one day be poured out on all people, and everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Joel connects the book of Acts, the words of Jesus in Matthew 24, and the hope we have in the future return of Christ.