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Joel 2 · Grade 4

I Will Restore the Years

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Joel 2 opens with an alarm: Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! The day of Yahweh is pictured as a great army that no one can stop. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness.

Then God invites: Yet even now, says Yahweh, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. Tear your heart and not your garments. In those days people tore their clothes to show sorrow, but God wanted real change inside. He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

God responds with mercy. Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. He promises rain and full harvests: I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten. He also promises: I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. In the New Testament, Peter quoted this at Pentecost and said, whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved (Acts 2:21).

Show What You Know

  1. What is the day of Yahweh pictured as?

  2. Why did people tear their clothes?

  3. What did God want instead?

  4. What will God restore?

  5. In the New Testament, who quoted Joel at Pentecost?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

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  1. Joel 2 opens with an alarm: Blow the in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain!
  2. Then God invites: Yet even now, says Yahweh, turn to me with all your , and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.
  3. In those days people tore their clothes to show sorrow, but wanted real change inside.
  4. He is and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
  5. He promises and full harvests: I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten.

Think About It

  1. Tear your heart and not your garments. What is the difference between showing sorrow on the outside and being truly sorry on the inside?

  2. God promised to restore the years the locusts had eaten. How has God brought good out of hard times in your life or in Scripture?

Memory Verse

“I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.”

Joel 2:25 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your mercy and loving kindness. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who will be saved?
  • God is slow to anger. How could you be slow to anger with someone this week?

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