Content on Joel 2:28–32
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Last Days
Certain religionists, especially those who subscribe to the dogma of DISPENSATIONALISM (see), maintain that the "signs" of Matthew 24:1-34 indicate that the return of Christ is very near; they constantly harp that we "are living in the last days." First, the "signs" of Matthew 24:1ff are related ...
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Joel, Book Of
Joel was a prophet of the southern kingdom of Judah, who labored to warn the Hebrew people of the coming "day of the Lord." This day would be a time of judgment on a rebellious people. The punishment is described under a dreaded plague of locusts. Those who remain faithful, however, will be bless...
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Dispensation
The Greek word oikonomia is rendered "dispensation" several times in the New Testament (see 1 Cor. 9:17; Eph. 1:10; 3:2, 9; Col. 1:25). Sometimes the word suggests the idea of managing a household and is rendered as "stewardship" (Lk. 16:2, 3, 4; 1 Cor. 9:17). On other occasions, the word implies...
