BBB Bible Series: Joel Quiz | Old Testament / Tanakh

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was Joel's father, according to Joel 1:1, and what did his father's name mean?

Answer: Pethuel - "Persuaded Of God"

Pethuel, the father of Joel, had the name that translates as, "Persuaded Of God", while the name Joel (Yo'el) itself means, "Yahweh Is God."

2. Joel wrote of a past event and portrayed it as a prophetic statement about the future. A great swarm of locusts had ravaged the land of Judah, stripping all green things bare. Joel took this opportunity to speak to the populace, stating that, in effect, far worse things would befall God's people unless they were willing to do what?

Answer: repent

Joel 1:13-15 indicates that the priests and ministers were to mourn and assemble the people for a holy meeting, with the express purpose of repentance. The verses read this way in the King James Version:

"Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord, Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come."

3. According to Joel 2:28-32, what will the sun and moon turn into?

Answer: darkness and blood

The New Testament book of Acts alludes to this as an upcoming future event as well. The prophet Joel is even mentioned by Luke, the author of Acts, in chapter 2, verses 16-21. According to both scriptures, these events among others, like people dreaming dreams and speaking prophecies, are indicative of the signs and wonders that will occur prior to the "great and terrible day of the Lord."

4. A key theme of Joel is the "day of the Lord". This is also referred to by other Old Testament prophets.

Answer: True

The Old Testament prophets of Amos in 5:18, Isaiah in 13:6 and Jeremiah in 46:10 are often associated with direct correlations to New Testament prophecies found in Luke 12:40; Revelation 3:3 and Matthew 25:31 and 32, as well as in 2nd Peter 3:10.

5. According to Joel 2:18, what will God do for his chosen people?

Answer: He will pity them

Verses and 18 and 19 of the 2nd chapter of Joel say this, in the King James Version of the Bible:

"Then the Lord will be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

"Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen."

6. In Joel 2:2, we see a description of the day of the Lord. How does Joel describe it in this text, according to the King James Version?

Answer: "a day of darkness and gloominess", with "clouds and thick darkness"

This text seems to speak of an invasion of Judah by a foreign army "of the north" (in verse 20). Many people believe this to represent Russia, whom they feel is the "Gog and Magog" spoken of in Revelation 20:8.

Whatever nation this is representing, Joel indicates that it will be defeated in its endeavors by God Himself, and He will ultimately care for His own people.

7. According to Joel 2:11, who is the commander of the army that is mentioned in that verse?

Answer: God

"And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?"

A reference is also made to this in Jeremiah 25:30.

"Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar from his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth."

(King James Version)

8. We've all heard of earthquakes, but true or false: in the book of Joel we read of "heavenquakes".

Answer: True

Yes indeed. See Joel 2:10 for the first reference to this phenomenon.

"The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining."

In Joel 3:16 we read that "The LORD shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel." (King James Version)

9. What is the name of the valley in which God says he will judge the heathen nations, according to Joel 3:12?

Answer: Jehoshaphat

In the King James Version of Joel 3:12 we read, "Let the heathen be awakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about."

10. According to the last two verses of Joel, where does it indicate that God will dwell?

Answer: Zion

The last two verses of Joel put it this way, in the King James Version:

"But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion."

Source: Author logcrawler

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BBB Bible Series: Joel Trivia Quiz

The three-chapter book of Joel is one that speaks of one of God's judgments on mankind. While a plague of locusts is the theme of the book, it foreshadows other judgments yet to come. Joel says God will, however, bless those who obey Him.

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