The Grands Letter (Joel/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on August 27, 2024 5:09 am (CST)Dear Grands,
Joel 1:1-7, “The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:
2 ‘Hear this, O elders, And listen, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this happened in your days or in your fathers’ days?
3 ‘Tell your sons about it, and let your sons tell their sons, and their sons the next generation.
4 What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; and what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten; and what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten.
5 Awake, drunkards, and weep; and wail, all you wine drinkers, on account of the sweet wine that is cut off from your mouth.
6 For a nation has invaded my land, mighty and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
7 It has made my vine a waste and my fig tree splinters. It has stripped them bare and cast them away; their branches have become white.’”
If there is anyone you know who doubts the LORD’s ability to control nature, both human and non-human, he needs to read the Book of Joel. Author Irving Jensen says, “Joel could not have used a better symbol to prefigure the coming ‘terrible day of the LORD.’” Certainly, that was true in Joel’s time.
It may be, however, that it will take something even more sinister to awaken our current world –something like a worldwide virus in connection with a plague of no mean description. Where are the sermons that warn us of coming disasters, or those that equip us and encourage us not give up? Well, I witnessed one last Sunday!
Parents, who love and cherish their children, equip them with life principles designed to keep them “keeping on” whatever the cost! Our LORD is even more alert that the best of human parents. The days of His Coming seem just around the corner. Let the locusts come! We have shelter in the King of Kings!
Heartily in Christ Jesus,
(Dado III)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America
“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom
