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Joel

son of Pethuel

Prophet associated with the day of Yahweh and Spirit outpouring language.

2 appearances2 Bible books1 known aliases

Who or what is this?

Prophet son of Pethuel whose book opens with a devastating locust plague stripping the fields of and silencing offerings. He summons priests and people to fasting and assembly at the house of Yahweh and reads the disaster as a foretaste of the great and terrible day of the Lord. His oracle of the Spirit poured out on all flesh, with sons and daughters prophesying, becomes the text cites at in Acts 2.

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