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The Joel Army



The bible is full of several prophecies about the last days or the end times. The church is familiar with what covers just half of the prophecies. The other half have not been taught so well in many churches. Perhaps, this is the work of the devil in keeping us from knowing the truth.

The prophecies in the bible about the last days are two fold. It is like a sword that has two edges. One edge is what we know as the terrible things that will happen. Things like wars, earthquakes, disease outbreaks and christian conditions like reduced love for God, apostasy and many more.

These are certainly true, but that is not all about the last days. The bible also talked about prophecies of the church becoming really great in the last days. Maybe our little knowledge of the books we refer to as minor prophets in the bible is responsible for this, I cannot say. But if we will fulfill our calling as sons of God, we must understand the whole scripture.

The bible talks about a group of people that will arise in the last days when gross darkness has taken over the earth. These people will be revealed by the great light that is shinning upon them despite the thick darkness that has enveloped the world.

The book of Joel is a book that explains the characteristics of this group of people in great detail and that is why several ministers have referred to the group of people as the 'Joel Army' or the 'Joel Company'. This term is simply a nomenclature that separates them from the other kinds of armies that the bible prophesied of.

This series will be to highlight and explain the characteristics of this unique set of believers. I will be sharing them gradually with explanations.

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