Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of Lord is coming.
The Lord thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty is the army that obeys his command. The day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?
“Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly.
Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
The good news is that no one needs to endure God's judgment. He is tail calling people in repent. Joel calls the whole nation to turn to God and plead for mercy.
Why?
The day of the Lord is great, no one can endure it.
This disaster is an alarm to all people in Israel. God gives us the opportunity to repent and turn to the Lord. Even now return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Now is need action, do it now or it will delay and lose the opportunity.
Why people say "Where is their God? Because they did not care about the Lord and forgot the Lord.
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耶和華的日子：神向以色列及兩國算帳的日子。神的公義彰顯的時候。完全沒有光的日子，完全沒有可以逃避的。表示神要藉巴比倫來消滅猶大國。人以為一切都沒有問題，祭祀都持續，基督徒一樣正常的聚會、事奉，讀經、禱告。最大問題是不知道自己的問題。
悔改歸向主：苦泣、不要撕裂衣服，要撕裂心腸，憂傷痛悔的心，神必不輕看。為自己的罪憂傷哀痛。神要的不是儀式。
嚴肅會還有需要嗎？如果有痛悔的心，帶出來的嚴肅會、禁食才有意義。僅有外表沒有心是沒有用的。禮儀不是重要，而是先有謙卑、哀傷、悔改後再行禮儀是蒙神悅悅納。
未可知?是否謙卑與信心的平衡。相信神慈愛的本性，卻又不是大爺的心態。不因神的本性而好像欠我們一樣。我們是不配這樣祈求的。素祭及 奠祭，糧食與酒，代表人對神的忠誠。在工作生活當中來敬畏神。重要是在生活中的見證。
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How?
May God's mercy and love come upon this land and turn more people to the Lord.
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