Joel: The First And Third Chapter Of Joel

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The book of Joel takes place while Israel is going through God's judgement. Joel is an anonymous prophet that tells of a time that Israel will rise from the tough times, and will be great again. It describes how it will be in the end times. Joel's name means he that commands. The summarizations will be of the first chapter of Joel, the second chapter of Joel, and the third chapter of Joel. The first chapter of Joel describes a horrible time of desperation of the people of Israel. An army of darkness and sin has captured them with great ease. A great swarm of locusts ate the crops such as grapes, olives, and barley so that there was nothing left to make neither food nor drinks. The rest of the crops dried up because of a drought,