Joel - Concordia Commentary

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>If you ask average Bible readers what they know about the book of Joel they might answer with one word: Locusts! This is not a bad memory hook because a debilitating locust plague provides the backdrop of the book and a portion of its contents. Due to locusts the people of Judah were in a wretched condition- suffering a national catastrophe- when God inspired the prophet Joel to bring a message to them.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>What does Joel tell the desperate people to do in their crisis? Rev Thomas  P. Nass digs into the background translation style and historical interpretation of this Minor Prophet. The Book of Joel is a book of comfort and hope for believers who are suffering. For people who feel that they are at the end of their rope God paints a glorious picture of better days to come.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Featuring Excursuses on:</span></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Were the Old Testament Prophets at Odds with the Priests?</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Fasting</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Law and Gospel in Joel and the Prophets</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>The Trinity in the Old Testament</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>and many more.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>About the series</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>The Concordia Commentary Series: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture is written to enable pastors and teachers of the Word to proclaim the Gospel with greater insight clarity and faithfulness to the divine intent of the Biblical text.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>The series will cover all the canonical books of the Old and New Testament with an original translation and meticulous grammatical analysis of the Hebrew Aramaic or Greek of each text. The foremost interpretive lens centers on the unified proclamation of the person and work of Christ across every Scriptural book.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>The Commentary fully affirms the divine inspiration inerrancy and authority of Scripture; Each passage bears witness to the confession that God has reconciled the world to Himself through the incarnation ministry death resurrection and ascension of Christ His Son.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Authors expose the rich treasury of language imagery and thematic content of the Scripture while supplementing their work with additional research in archaeology history and extrabiblical literature. Throughout God's Word emanates from authors' careful attention and inculcates the ongoing life of the Church in Word Sacrament and daily confession.</span></p><p></p><p></p>