1:15-18
Amos is another prophet with an emphasis on the day of the Lord, and, at least in the first instance, the day of the Lord is not good news for Israel. For a people in rebellion against God the day of the Lord is nothing but bad news, unless there is repentance. In Israel’s case the day of the Lord was coming, and it would come as destruction from the Lord. The locust plague had led to food, and therefore joy and gladness, being cut off from the land. Worse was to come. The livestock were all suffering as well. Nature is dependent upon us. When we live in obedience to the Lord nature prospers, when we live in rebellion nature suffers (rom 8:22).
1:19,20
Joel cries out to the Lord. Even if the Lord gives us a message of judgement we are not to accept it passively. Instead we are to cry out to the Lord. This is what Abraham and Moses did, as did some of the other prophets. Nature also cried out to the Lord. Everything was affected by the judgement of God.
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