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Anne Graham-Lotz: The Harbingers

A few months ago I noticed a large flock of robins doing their best to scratch through the hard, frozen ground. I had to smile in anticipation because I knew that spring was just around the corner. Because robins are a harbinger … a sign … an omen … of spring.  

The Bible clearly teaches that human history as we know it had a beginning at creation, a mid-point at the First Coming of Jesus Christ, and it will have an end at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. When the world comes to an end, how will the people living on earth know they are the last generation? They will know because God will send us harbingers … signs … omens … warnings. 

Read Joel 1:1-12

THE HARBINGERS ARE CREDIBLE
Joel 1:1-12

A. The Warnings Are indisputable

B. The Warnings Are Universal

  • Who were the harbingers for? Make a list, then put each people group into your own words. Read Joel 1:3-14.
  • For whom were the harbingers irrelevant?
  • Who will be caught by surprise when judgment falls? See Mark 13:35-37; Matthew 24:42-44; 25:13.

“When the world comes to an end, how will the people living on earth know they are the last generation? They will know because God will send harbingers …”

C. The Warnings Are Unique

  • Write out Joel 1:2 in your own words. How does it emphasize the uniqueness of the harbingers?
  • Give the phrase that Jesus used to underscore the uniqueness of the harbingers in Matthew 24:21.
  • Make a list of record-breaking events or disasters unique to this generation.

THE HARBINGERS ARE CLEAR
Joel 1:2-12

A. Environmental Disaster

  • How did God indicate to Solomon that He would get His people’s attention? See 2 Chronicles 7:13.
  • Give phrases confirming that environmental disasters will be used as harbingers of the end: Matthew 24:7, 29; 2 Peter 3:3-7; Acts 2:16-21; and Revelation 6:12-14.
  • What record-breaking environmental disasters have happened in the last few years?
  • What are some of the other reasons the world gives for environmental disasters, thereby dismissing God’s warnings?

B. Social Disaster

C. Financial Disaster

  • If wine in Joel’s day was a dietary staple, what is the warning implied when it is snatched away? See Joel 1:5.
  • What could the wine represent?
  • How is this type of disaster at the end referred to in Revelation 6:5-6 and Matthew 24:7?

D. Spiritual Disaster 

  • How did the inability to sacrifice affect the people’s relationship with God, according to Joel 1:9 and Hebrews 9:22?
  • In Matthew 24:9-10, Jesus was speaking to those who were His followers, and who also were Jews. What did He say would happen to these two categories of people at the end? Give examples of the fulfillment of His words from our world today.
  • How does disaster affect our view, and the world’s view, of God? See Psalm 42:1-4, 9-10.

E. Emotional Disaster 

  • Give the words with verses that describe the people’s emotions during judgment in Joel 1:1-16.
  • How is this also described in Revelation 6:12-17?

F. Natural Disaster

THE HARBINGERS ARE COMPELLING
Joel 1:13-20

What more do you think God could do to warn people that they are living at the end of the age? Please—don’t pretend that the disasters taking place now in our nation and our world are unusual but not significant. They are harbingers. Five minutes before you see Jesus, what will you wish you had done differently? Do it. Now!

©2019 Anne Graham Lotz

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A few months ago I noticed a large flock of robins doing their best to scratch through the hard, frozen ground. I had to smile in anticipation because I knew that spring was just around the corner. Because robins are a harbinger … a sign … an omen … of spring.  

The Bible clearly teaches that human history as we know it had a beginning at creation, a mid-point at the First Coming of Jesus Christ, and it will have an end at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. When the world comes to an end, how will the people living on earth know they are the last generation? They will know because God will send us harbingers … signs … omens … warnings. 

Read Joel 1:1-12

THE HARBINGERS ARE CREDIBLE
Joel 1:1-12

A. The Warnings Are indisputable

B. The Warnings Are Universal

  • Who were the harbingers for? Make a list, then put each people group into your own words. Read Joel 1:3-14.
  • For whom were the harbingers irrelevant?
  • Who will be caught by surprise when judgment falls? See Mark 13:35-37; Matthew 24:42-44; 25:13.

“When the world comes to an end, how will the people living on earth know they are the last generation? They will know because God will send harbingers …”

C. The Warnings Are Unique

  • Write out Joel 1:2 in your own words. How does it emphasize the uniqueness of the harbingers?
  • Give the phrase that Jesus used to underscore the uniqueness of the harbingers in Matthew 24:21.
  • Make a list of record-breaking events or disasters unique to this generation.

THE HARBINGERS ARE CLEAR
Joel 1:2-12

A. Environmental Disaster

  • How did God indicate to Solomon that He would get His people’s attention? See 2 Chronicles 7:13.
  • Give phrases confirming that environmental disasters will be used as harbingers of the end: Matthew 24:7, 29; 2 Peter 3:3-7; Acts 2:16-21; and Revelation 6:12-14.
  • What record-breaking environmental disasters have happened in the last few years?
  • What are some of the other reasons the world gives for environmental disasters, thereby dismissing God’s warnings?

B. Social Disaster

C. Financial Disaster

  • If wine in Joel’s day was a dietary staple, what is the warning implied when it is snatched away? See Joel 1:5.
  • What could the wine represent?
  • How is this type of disaster at the end referred to in Revelation 6:5-6 and Matthew 24:7?

D. Spiritual Disaster 

  • How did the inability to sacrifice affect the people’s relationship with God, according to Joel 1:9 and Hebrews 9:22?
  • In Matthew 24:9-10, Jesus was speaking to those who were His followers, and who also were Jews. What did He say would happen to these two categories of people at the end? Give examples of the fulfillment of His words from our world today.
  • How does disaster affect our view, and the world’s view, of God? See Psalm 42:1-4, 9-10.

E. Emotional Disaster 

  • Give the words with verses that describe the people’s emotions during judgment in Joel 1:1-16.
  • How is this also described in Revelation 6:12-17?

F. Natural Disaster

THE HARBINGERS ARE COMPELLING
Joel 1:13-20

What more do you think God could do to warn people that they are living at the end of the age? Please—don’t pretend that the disasters taking place now in our nation and our world are unusual but not significant. They are harbingers. Five minutes before you see Jesus, what will you wish you had done differently? Do it. Now!

©2019 Anne Graham Lotz

CLICK HERE FOR SOURCE

Will You Help Reach People With Biblical Truth?

When you make a donation to this ministry you will be helping us reach more people with the sound and unashamed truth of God’s Word and how it speaks to our times through world news.

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Today, we have the same spirit of the annihilation of the Jews coming from the same part of the world. Modern Iranian leaders are obsessed with the spirit of Haman even today. We don’t need an Esther in the palace anymore. We need the prayers of the saints worldwide.

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