Joel 1:14.
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
Service to God through Jesus Christ is no longer in the churches.
Joel 1:13.
Joel talks about blowing the trumpet, sounding the alarm, and the coming Day of the Lord.
Joel 2:1-2.
What is happening globally to the Gospel of Christ has never happened before in the history of humanity.
Joel 1:1-2.
There is mourning for the loss of the first love of the Gospel of Christ.
Joel 1:8-12.
Joel speaks about people being seen as objects and used like merchandise to achieve personal gain
Joel 3:3. Traits of psychopathy dehumanizes human beings, sees people as objects, and uses for personal gain.
The branches of Jesus Christ have been stripped bare by the “man of sin”.
Joel 1:7.
The teeth and fangs of a fierce lion have come against the Kingdom of God.
Joel 1:6.
The Apostle Peter quotes Joel 2:28-32 and excludes the Jewish people from that quote.
The Apostle Peter excludes the Jewish people from the event of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
The remission of sin through Jesus Christ has been cut off.
Joel 1:5.