The Book of Joel True/False Challenge - 15 Questions with Answers

1. The prophet Joel is introduced with an extensive genealogy tracing his lineage back to the royal house of David.

2. Joel compares the devastating locust invasion that struck the land to a mighty, unstoppable army of warriors.

3. The locust invasion in Joel chapter 1 completely spared the vineyards so the drunkards could still weep over the loss of their wine.

4. God commanded the priests to consecrate a fast and cry out to the Lord because the grain offering and drink offering were cut off from the house of God.

5. In Joel 2, the blowing of the trumpet in Zion was intended to announce a time of peace, prosperity, and celebration.

6. God urged the people to rend their garments as a symbol of outward show rather than tearing their hearts.

7. The Lord promised to repay His people for the years eaten by the swarming, hopper, destroying, and cutting locusts.

8. The famous prophecy of God pouring out His Spirit on "all people" explicitly excludes the elderly, servants, and handmaids.

9. The Apostle Peter directly quotes the prophecy from the Book of Joel during his sermon on the Day of Pentecost.

10. In the final judgment described in Joel 3, God commands the nations to beat their plowshares into swords and their pruning hooks into spears.

11. The Valley of Jehoshaphat is introduced as the place where God will gather all nations and sit to judge them for scattering His people Israel.

12. Joel prophesied that Egypt would eventually become a lush, thriving paradise forever while Edom would remain a fertile garden.

13. The sun turning to darkness and the moon to blood are described as signs occurring before the great and dreadful Day of the Lord.

14. oel promised that when God judges the nations, Jerusalem would be overrun by foreigners and remain defiled forever.

15. The Book of Joel concludes with the assurance that the Lord will dwell in Zion and cleanse the bloodguilt that He had not previously pardoned.