Joel 2:32 (ESV Strong's)
32 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls.
Good News in the Middle of Bad News
Joel is a prophecy of judgment and condemnation on the nation for their repeated sins and unbelief toward God. Joel is telling them the reason they are being taken captive by the cruel nation of Babylon. He wants them to know that sin in the lives of the people of God will always have judgement. However, he also wants them to know the good news. The good news is that God will redeem those those repent. The good news is God is going to provide for them redemption through His Son, their Messiah. That is the point of the above verse. Joel is telling the nation that they do have hope. God will not abandon those who are faithful in repentance and seek after Him. In the midst of the bad news, we have the good news. Sometimes we need to hear and experience the bad news so that we have deeper joy and thankfulness of the good news. The gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ. In the midst of this prophecy of doom and gloom and judgment and justice, we have the good news of Christ’s redemption. We can rejoice that God is providing for us, in the midst of our sin and sinning, redemption.
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