I plan to go through the book of Joel a few verses at a time to discuss what is future and what is not. Whether you agree with what I have written below is not what I'm looking for, those are just my thoughts, but what I'm looking for is reasons why anyone would believe that those verses should be viewed as future.
Joel 1:1-5 KJV
[1] The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
[2] Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
[3] Tell[SUB]1[/SUB] ye your children[SUB]2[/SUB] of it, and let your children tell their children[SUB]3[/SUB], and their children another generation[SUB]4[/SUB].
1 - 1st generation.
2 - 2nd generation.
3 - 3rd generation.
4 - 4th generation.
Consider the following verses in light of the above.
Exodus 20:5 KJV
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
[4] That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
Palmerworm - 1st generation.
Locust - 2nd generation.
Cankerworm - 3rd generation.
Caterpiller - 4th generation.
Those four things match the four things in verse 3. The palmerworm, locust, cankerworm and caterpiller are the people themselves. Each generation is defiling the next generation making them progessivley more wicked.
[5] Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joel 1:1-5 KJV
[1] The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
[2] Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
[3] Tell[SUB]1[/SUB] ye your children[SUB]2[/SUB] of it, and let your children tell their children[SUB]3[/SUB], and their children another generation[SUB]4[/SUB].
1 - 1st generation.
2 - 2nd generation.
3 - 3rd generation.
4 - 4th generation.
Consider the following verses in light of the above.
Exodus 20:5 KJV
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
[4] That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
Palmerworm - 1st generation.
Locust - 2nd generation.
Cankerworm - 3rd generation.
Caterpiller - 4th generation.
Those four things match the four things in verse 3. The palmerworm, locust, cankerworm and caterpiller are the people themselves. Each generation is defiling the next generation making them progessivley more wicked.
[5] Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.