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In order to properly interpret scripture, it is necessary to read the passage in context: | In order to properly interpret scripture, it is necessary to read the passage in context. Here is Joel 2:23–32: | ||
:''Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before. “The threshing floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. | :''Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before. “The threshing floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. | ||
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:''And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. '''And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.'''<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Joel 2:23–32.</ref> | :''And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. '''And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.'''<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Joel 2:23–32.</ref> | ||
It is interesting to note that the latter part of this passage is specifically referred to in Acts 2: | It is interesting to note that the latter part of this passage is specifically referred to in Acts 2:14–21: | ||
:''But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. But '''this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel''': | :''But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. But '''this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel''': | ||