The Day of the LORD

The term “day of the LORD” refers to God’s final intervention to punish both Israel and the nations.

1. THE LOCUST PLAGUE WAS A FORESHADOWING OF THE FUTURE DAY OF THE LORD.

2. THE LOCUSTS REPRESENT NATIONS.

3. THIS FUTURE DAY OF THE LORD IS UNPARALLELED IN ANY AGE (2:2b; cf. Daniel 12:1; Matthew 24:21, 22).

In the book of Joel, the locust plague represented an invasion of a fierce army from the north (Joel 2:20).
This northern army refers to Assyria (cf. Isa. 10:5, 6; Zeph. 2:13).
The defeat of Russia described in Joel 2:20 is very similar to Ezekiel’s prophecy (cf. Ezek. 39:11).

First Corinthians 1:7, 8 says we are “waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”