Joel 2:11, "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?"  

Most of the book of Joel is about events that take place during the tribulation and the 2nd coming of the Lord Jesus to the earth. This verse speaks of that time when Jesus returns to the earth with His saints following the tribulation. Allow the words of Revelation 19:11-21 to speak to these truths, for God's voice is mighty and authoritative. There is a great number who will return with Him, and He speaks by the sword of His mouth (the Word is sharper than any two-edged sword) and conquers the beast and his followers. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness, he doth judge and makes war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh."  

I'm glad I'm in the Lord's Army - How About You?

Your Friend and HIS,

Pastor Abbott

MEDITATIONS

1. What do you concerning what the Bible says about future things?

2. Do you believe in your heart that God will bring Great Tribulation to this earth? How does this make you feel?

3. Describe what happens in Revelation 19:11-21.

4. Whose side are you on?