Joel

Well...I know for sure without the headings I would have no idea what the author is talking about. With the headings however I have some clues... "I think" Joel is refering to the overtaking of Jerusalem by the Babylonians with the locust stuff but in reality this was the first time I ever read the book of Joel so I don't know. Obviously due to the heading, it speaks of God delivering His people and I am guessing from Babylon. In Ch 2 it talks about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which I hear quoted a lot in sermons but I don't exactly think this is refering to what we tend to use it as but then again this is coming from a first time reader. I think this book is more about stuff that has already happened in accordance with our present time. Overall however, I really do not understand a lot of what is going on and being talked about... maybe because I didn't read it slowly enough or maybe because I am a little tired and just want to close my heavy eyelids, or because I just don't have enough insight in what is going on, I don't know, but I think inreality this book has a lot more to say then I think it does. Looks like the Matthew Henry's coming out on this one, but the good thing about these kinds of books of the Bible, when you study them you never forget what you studied because you have to get so deep into it.