Joe 2:30-32 | MHM | STEP | v. 30–31 : God also warns about a coming time of judgment: “I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord ” (Joel 2:30–31 ). These signs point first to events like the destruction of Jerusalem and even the death of Jesus, but they also look forward to the final judgment at the end of time. God will do amazing and fearful things to warn the world that His day of judgment is coming (Matthew 24:6–7 ). These are signs for everyone to take seriously, especially those who do not follow God.

‏ Joel 2:30-32

v. 30–31: God also warns about a coming time of judgment: “I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord” (Joel 2:30–31 ^a). These signs point first to events like the destruction of Jerusalem and even the death of Jesus, but they also look forward to the final judgment at the end of time. God will do amazing and fearful things to warn the world that His day of judgment is coming (Matthew 24:6–7 ^b). These are signs for everyone to take seriously, especially those who do not follow God.

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v. 32: God makes a promise of salvation: “And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, among the survivors whom the Lord calls” (Joel 2:32 ^c). No matter how terrible God’s judgment is, there is a way to be saved. Anyone—Jew or Gentile—who truly calls on God and trusts Him will find safety. This salvation is for those who respond to God’s special call and trust in Jesus. In the New Testament, Paul repeats this promise to show that everyone who truly believes and calls on Jesus will be saved (Romans 10:13 ^d). Only those who are called by God and sincerely follow Him will share in this great deliverance.