Joel 2: Locusts Swarm and Devour the Land
Greetings in the Lord~ Today's word comes from Joel 2, and is accompanied by a dream. Let me first share about the passage from scripture. In this passage, we read about the Lord directing an 'army' of locusts to come to devour and plunder the land as a form of judgment. Interestingly, devouring locusts were one of the plagues that happened in Egypt long ago as a form of judgment to compel Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave their country--freeing them of their slavery. Here, however, the plague of locusts come as a form of judgment upon His people for their persistent sin and stubborn rebellion against God. "Ahead of them (locusts) the land lies as beautiful as the Garden of Eden. Behind them is nothing but desolation, not one thing escapes....Look at them as they leap along the mountaintops. Listen to the noise they make--like the rumbling of chariots, like the roar of fire sweeping across a field of stubble, or like an army moving into battle." "