Joel's prophecy is undated. No references are made to time, because it is written to the people who live in "The time of the End" or "To our generation," people that were born following the return of the Jews to Palestine, and the establishment of the tiny nation of "Israel". Joel addresses the events that will usher in "The day of the Lord." That day is at the Seventh Trump, and on that day, Jesus our Lord will come to earth and establish His world wide Kingdom, which will have no end.Hosea was sent to prophecy to the Northern Kingdom, those who had turned to idolatry. Hosea's message was, that God would divorce them, and scatter them. However in the end times God would bring them back to Him. The Northern Kingdom, The House of Israel as it is called, was scattered and broken, and now through the gospel of Christ, is drawn back to Him.Joel's prophecy is sent to "The House of Israel" and her sister nation, The House of Judah. It was written in the last seven years of Judah, before the captivity. This covers the last Seven years of King Zedekiah's reign; that would make it 100 years after Isaiah, and the first year of Ezekiel's prophecy, was written for our generation.Joel 1:1 "The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pehuel.""The word of the Lord: is the Lord "Jehovah" that speaks here, and the message is for you and I today by Joel's pen; It is important that "The Son of Pethuel" is given, because it distinguishes Joel the author of this book, from all other Joel's that are given in the Bible.Joel 1:2-3 "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 ye your children of it and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.Joel is calling all of us to listen and pay attention. This message is something to learn and know, and sharpen your memories to retain it. In verse 3 we are told this is to be a story of tradition that must be passed on from generation to generation until it reaches that final generation. Our Generation!Joel 1:4 "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 caterpillar eaten."The term "That which" refers to a warning that Moses gave in Deuteronomy 28:38, this warning to us, and to them, was that if they or we continued in Idolatry, God would see to it that though the harvest was good, others would steal and take it away by other means, the fruits of their or our labor. Joel is referring to the same warning here for the end times, using symbolism. The method of the destruction, and how it will talk place. Their will be a time when truth will not exist in the world, except in the minds of God's elect. It is called a time of deception or "The great Tribulation." This is another warning like in Noah's time just before the flood.Verse 4 is a time when the whole world believes in the Antichrist (Satan). This deception will come in the four stages of the Locust. The Palmerworm, are the gnawers who prepare the way for the Locust. The First stage. Is now in process, they are forcing us into the One World SystemThe second stage is the arrival of the Locust, the fallen Angels.Their message is just as it was in the garden of Eden. Satan's Angles having sex with the daughters of mankind. They will claim Love, peace, and brother hood. See (Rev. 9) They will come in great numbers, and mingle with people here on earth. "The Cankerworm feeds off of the Locust",The last two stages are the locust Army. It will come when the fallen angels are on earth. These angels will intermingle with all of mankind around the earth. These spiritual beings will appear to be human beings in form, similar to those recorded in Genesis 6. Their message will be taught by most ministers, priests and religious leaders of all faiths. These religious leaders will promote Satan as their Messiah. These religious leaders will set the stage that Joel calls the canker worm. Their messages will be to defend sodomy, teach ecology, psychology and many other worldly causes. This will cause a void in the teaching of God's Word. This symbolizes the perverting and destroying the truth in God's Word. God's House is a house of Prayer. It is not an entertainment center, fund raising or a place for social functions. Pastor's and teachers are warned about perverting God's word. Following these four stages, the Lord God Almighty will come with His vengeance on the Kenites, false teachers, and prophets.Joel 1:5 "Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your months."The wine in Hebrew is "Yayin", or "Yayan". It's bad wine, common and made from any root or plant you can get your hands on. In the spiritual sense, it makes you intoxicated or drunk and out of mental control.The "New wine" is derived from the Hebrew word "Asaia", which is to dread. It's a new and sweet wine from a vintage year. This wine is held out by God to be given as a blessing conferred or given by God.We are talking about the fact that God is calling out to His people in this last generation (us), to wake up and be seal in your mind's with the truth of His Word. The "New Wine" is the truth about Christ and Antichrist which is about to be cut off from your (our) mouth. We see today laws and rules governing restrictions of what we can say, and how these laws are tightening as a loose. Truth is drying up daily, and today most churches turn their backs on God's warnings. These warnings are not for Joel's day, but for our day. (Joel 1:6) "For a nation is come up upon My land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.""My land" is Jerusalem, and the small nation which is in Israel. Remember Joel is speaking to a final generation of the House of Judah, and To the Israel Nation of today in Palestine.Part of this is History to all of us today in the 1990's. The Arab world has made 3 attempts to devourer Israel. We are referring to a different time in our very near future; To a time covered in Revelation 9 when Satan, and an uncountable number of his angelic followers will cover the earth appearing as kind, upright men, but are out to deceive the entire earth and bring everything into Satan's control.Revelations 9:7-8 "And the Shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crown like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men." 8 "And they had hair as the hair of women and their teeth were as the teeth of lions."These locusts are fallen angels coming back to earth, and they are going to look just like men for that is what the image of Angels are. The "Hair of women: refers to their great beauty; however their "Teeth of Lions" are the lies and deceptions coming forth from their mouth. They will not be only after your physical body (your flesh) but your very soul. Jesus said without the seal, or knowledge of Christ and the Antichrists in your mind, you will be taken instantly upon Antichrist's arrival.Joel 1:7 "He hath laid My vine waste, and barked My fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches there of are made white."Jesus said to "Know the parable of the Fig tree" So that we would not be deceived.Parable of the Fig Treehttp://www.christianityboard.com/parable-f...tudy-t2808.html