Three Chapters of Joel Trivia Quiz

Answer: palmerworm, locust, cankerworm, caterpillar

Joel 1:4 "That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten."

A palmerworm is the caterpillar stage of a locust. Cankerworm is also a type of locust.

Answer: dried up

Joel 1:10 "The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth."

It seems Israel was going through a drought at this point and the priests were mourning because there was nothing to eat or drink.

Answer: withered

Joel 1:17 "The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered."

The locusts that invaded had made things very hard on the Israelites.

Answer: Garden of Eden

Joel 2:3 "A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them."

The Garden of Eden was the home of Adam and Eve until they ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Answer: dark

Joel 2:10 "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."

Not only will the sun and moon not shine, but the stars will cease as well, so it will be very dark.

Answer: blood

Joel 2:31 "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come."

According to Christians, Joel is prophesying the end times.

Answer: the Grecians

Joel 3:6 "The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border."

Grecia is the country we know as Greece. In some translations I believe it says Greece, but in the King James it is Grecia.

Answer: war

Joel 3:9 "Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up."

According to John Wesley, the war is against people who are anti-God. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/notes.ii.xxx.iv.ii.html

Answer: It shall be a desolation.

Joel 3:19 "Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land."

This is one of the verses that implies that the nations that are a threat to Israel will not be around in the end times.

Answer: Zion

Joel 3:21 "For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion."

Zion could be a reference to Heaven.

I hope you enjoyed this quiz. The next quiz in this series will be on the book of Amos.