SUMMARY
The Day of the LORDThe Day of the Lord, in prophetic writing, is the day of judgment when God will intervene directly in world affairs. As described in Zephaniah, for instance, God will sweep everything away. In Matthew's gospel God is described as gathering the elect on the day... More will be a day of darkness and gloom. It will be like an invasion of an army.
ANALYSIS
Readers may wonder how Joel 1 and Joel 2 relate to each other. Are we talking about the same locust invasion in these chapters? Probably so. We are reading prophetic poetry which is not always linear in presentation. God is the speaker here, calling the people to tremble at the coming catastrophe.
