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Promise of future blessings (2:18–32 or 2:18–3:5). Banishment of the locusts and restoration of agricultural productivity as a divine response to national penitence (2:18–27). Future prophetic gifts to all of God's people, and the safety of God's people in the face of cosmic cataclysm (2:28–32 or 3:1–5).
Joel is mentioned by name only once in the Hebrew Bible, in the introduction to that book, as the son of Pethuel . The name combines the covenant name of God, YHWH (or Yahweh), and El (god), and has been translated as "YHWH is God" or "one to whom YHWH is God," that is, a worshiper of YHWH. [2]
Joel 2:25 supports individual freedom of conscience for all, but believes that sexual purity is a life and death matter: "Sexual holiness for Christians matters to such an extent that living an unrepentant sexually immoral life can get even self-professed Christians excluded from the kingdom of God". [6] [better source needed]
John Matthews adapted the fable into an attack on "the brain-sick Demagogues" of the French Revolution in pursuit of the illusion of freedom. [32] In a British context, during the agitation running up to the 1832 Reform Act , a pseudonymous 'Peter Pilpay' wrote a set of Fables from ancient authors, or old saws with modern instances in which ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. American televangelist, businessman, and author (born 1963) Joel Osteen Osteen preaching at Lakewood Church in July 2016 Personal life Born Joel Scott Osteen (1963-03-05) March 5, 1963 (age 61) Houston, Texas, U.S. Spouse Victoria Iloff (m. 1987) Children 2 Parent(s) John Osteen (father ...
Littlest Pet Shop is a 2012 animated television series developed by Tim Cahill and Julie McNally-Cahill.The series is based on Hasbro's Littlest Pet Shop toy line, and features Blythe Baxter (voiced by Ashleigh Ball, with the character based on the doll of the same name) as the main protagonist, as well as other characters who reside in Downtown City, a city modeled after New York City.
[347] [351] A further method uses the date of the death of John the Baptist and the marriage of Herod Antipas to Herodias, based on the writings of Josephus, and correlates it with Matthew 14:4 and Mark 6:18. [352] [353] Given that most scholars date the marriage of Herod and Herodias as AD 28–35, this yields a date about AD 28–29. [348]
Joel Feinberg (October 19, 1926 – March 29, 2004) was an American political and legal philosopher. He is known for his work in the fields of ethics , action theory , philosophy of law , and political philosophy [ 1 ] as well as individual rights and the authority of the state. [ 2 ]