Joel

Joel

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At a Glance

יוֹאֵל (Yoel — "The LORD is God") — Prophetic voice to Israel and the nations

Chapters	Chiasms	Intertextuality	Trajectories	Themes
3	8	12	7	0

Theme: Day of the LORD—locust plague as harbinger of judgment and the outpouring of the Spirit.

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Literary patterns revealing theological emphasis

Chiasm	Span	Center/Turning Point
Joel 1:1 - 14	1:1-14	vv. 8-13
Joel 1:4 - 2:25	1:4-2:25	—
Joel 2:1 - 11	2:1-11	Before them peoples are in anguish; all faces grow pale. (6)
Joel 2:27 - 3:17	2:27-3:17	Jerusalem, sold, Grecians (6-7)
Joel 2:27 - 3:21	2:27-3:21	vv. 5-7

Typological studies tracing themes to Christ

#	Trajectory	What It Traces
047	Divine Warrior — God Who Fights	The LORD who fights for His people, a thread running to the cross where Christ, the Warrior Himself, disarms the powers.
048	Eden as Temple — Original Sanctuary	The garden where God walked with man, a line of Presence deepening until the whole new creation is His sanctuary.
058	Feast of Trumpets — The Final Call	The trumpet that summoned Israel to assembly, deepening across the canon into the last trumpet that gathers the elect.
083	Jonah — Death, Resurrection, and Mission to Gentiles	Three days in the fish and a reluctant word to Nineveh, the one sign Jesus claimed for Himself.
093	Last Days Eschatology	The prophets' latter-days horizon, declared already begun in Christ's resurrection, enthronement, and outpoured Spirit.
098	Living Water — Spirit and Life	Water flowing wherever God dwells, from Eden's river to the Spirit that Christ pours out on the thirsty.
109	New Jerusalem — Ultimate Temple-City	God dwelling with man from Eden's garden to Zion, a thread arriving at the city where He is the temple.