Joel 3:15

"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision."

Key Reflection

In Joel 3:15, the prophet describes a scene of intense urgency and judgment as he calls for the people to gather in the valley of decision, emphasizing that the day of the LORD is imminent. The original audience would have understood this valley to be a strategic location where significant battles were fought, symbolizing both physical confrontation and spiritual warfare. This imagery underscores the nearness of divine judgment and the importance of preparing oneself for the coming trials and decisions that lie ahead.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The sun and the moon shall be darkened -This may be, either that they shall be outshone by the brightness of the glory of Christ, or that they themselves shall undergo a change, whereof the darkness at the Crucifixion was an image. An ancient writer says ; “As in the dispensation of the Cross the sun failing, there was darkness over all the earth, so when the ‘sign of the Son of man’ appeareth in heaven in the Day of Judgment, the light of the sun and moon and stars shall fail, consumed, as it were by the great might of that sign.” And as the failure of the light of the sun at our Lord’s Passi

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