Joel 2:30-31
“And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.”
King James Version
Joel's signs in heaven and earth heralding the great Day of the LORD — the oracle Peter cites at Pentecost as the dawn of the last days.
Fulfillment References
Acts 2:19-20 Revelation 6:12 Matthew 24:29 Joel 2:28-29
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe very Joel oracle Peter preached at the Acts 2:38 Pentecost — the Spirit poured out now, the cosmic Day awaited, all under the one Lord whose name saves (Joel 2:32).
JewishCosmic signs before the great Day of the LORD; Jewish tradition awaits such portents heralding redemption.
CatholicCosmic upheaval preceding the Day of the LORD; Peter applies the Joel oracle to the last days begun at Pentecost (Acts 2).
ProtestantCited by Peter at Pentecost (Acts 2:19-20); the signs frame the 'last days' between the advents, climaxing at Christ's return.
OrthodoxSigns of the Day of the LORD, partially inaugurated and fully manifest at Christ's coming.
DispensationalLiteral celestial signs in the future tribulation preceding Christ's return, only partly previewed at Pentecost.
AcademicJoel 2:28-32 is the most directly cited OT eschatological text in Acts 2, reframing Pentecost as the last-days outpouring.
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