Joel Quiz

Answer key for Joel Quiz

1. Q1: Who was the father of the prophet Joel? Answer: Pethuel. The book begins by identifying Joel as the son of Pethuel. Reference: Joel 1:1 (KJV).
2. Q2: What specific disaster does Joel describe as having laid waste to the vines and barked the fig trees? Answer: A mighty army of locusts. Joel describes a series of locusts that have devoured the land. Reference: Joel 1:4 (KJV).
3. Q3: What are the people commanded to do instead of rending their garments? Answer: Rend their heart. The LORD calls them to 'rend your heart, and not your garments.' Reference: Joel 2:13 (KJV).
4. Q4: Where does the LORD say he will pour out his spirit upon all flesh? Answer: Afterward. The prophecy states, 'And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit.' Reference: Joel 2:28 (KJV).
5. Q5: According to Joel 2:31, what shall the sun be turned into before the great and terrible day of the LORD? Answer: Darkness. The scripture says 'The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood.' Reference: Joel 2:31 (KJV).
6. Q6: In which valley will the LORD gather all nations to plead with them? Answer: Valley of Jehoshaphat. The LORD says He will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat. Reference: Joel 3:2 (KJV).
7. Q7: What are the people told to beat their pruninghooks into? Answer: Spears. In a reversal of other prophecies, Joel says to beat 'your pruninghooks into spears.' Reference: Joel 3:10 (KJV).
8. Q8: What should the weak say according to Joel 3:10? Answer: I am strong. The text commands, 'let the weak say, I am strong.' Reference: Joel 3:10 (KJV).
9. Q9: Where is the 'multitudes, multitudes' located in Joel's prophecy? Answer: The valley of decision. Joel 3:14 speaks of 'Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision.' Reference: Joel 3:14 (KJV).
10. Q10: What will flow out of the house of the LORD in the final restoration? Answer: A fountain. The text says 'a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD.' Reference: Joel 3:18 (KJV).