Book of Joel Chapter 2 Vs. 30

 The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. Joel 2:30

And I will... Each revelation of God prepares the way for another, until that last revelation of His love and of His wrath in the Great Day.

shew wonders in... In delivering His people from Egypt, the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt (Deut. 6:22). Here, in allusion to it, He says, in the same words, of the new revelation, I will show, or give, wonders, or wondrous signs, as the word includes both. Wonders beyond the course and order of nature, and portending other dispensations of God, of joy to His faithful, and terror to His enemies.

And I will shew...

נָתַן

nâthan

naw-than'

A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.): - add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ([healed]), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up). + sing, + slander, strike, [sub-] mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, X willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.

wonders...

מֹפֵת מוֹפֵת

môphêth môphêth

mo-faith', mo-faith'

From H3302 in the sense of conspicuousness; a miracle; by implication a token or omen: - miracle, sign, wonder (-ed at).

the heavens and... These wonders in heaven and earth began in the First Coming and Passion of Christ, grew in the destruction of Jerusalem, but shall be perfectly fulfilled toward the end of the world, before the final Judgment, and the destruction of the Universe.

שָׁמֶה שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim shâmeh

shaw-mah'-yim, shaw-meh'

The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve): - air, X astrologer, heaven (-s).

and in the earth...

אֶרֶץ

'erets

eh'-rets

From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land): - X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X nations, way, + wilderness, world.

blood...

דָּם

dâm

dawm

From H1826 (compare H119); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (that is, drops of blood): - blood (-y, -guiltiness, [-thirsty]), + innocent.

And fire...

אֵשׁ

'êsh

aysh

A primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively): - burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.

pillars of smoke... As when Israel came out of Egypt, the pillar of the cloud was a cloud and darkness to the camp of the Egyptians but gave light by night to the camp of Israel (Exo. 14:19-20). So, all God's workings are light and darkness at once, according as people are, who see them or to whom they come.

and pillars...

תִּמָרָה תִּימָרָה

tı̂ymârâh timârâh

tee-maw-raw', tee-maw-raw'

From the same as H8558, a column, that is, cloud: - pillar.

of smoke...

עָשָׁן

‛âshân

aw-shawn'

From H6225; smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger): - smoke (-ing).

At the birth of Christ, there was the star which appeared unto the wise men, and the multitude of the heavenly host, whom the shepherds saw. At His Atoning Death, the sun was darkened, there was the three hours' darkness over the whole land.

On earth the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent, and the graves were opened (Luke 23:44-45, Mat. 27:45; 27:51-52).

And the Blood and water issued from the Savior’s side. After His Resurrection, there was the vision of Angels, terrible to the soldiers who watched the sepulcher, comforting to the women who sought to honor Jesus.

His Resurrection was a sign on earth, His Ascension in earth and heaven. But our Lord speaks of signs both in earth and heaven, as well before the destruction of Jerusalem, as before His Second Coming.

Mat. 24:7 "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places."

Mat. 24:29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:"

The great and dreadful day of the Lord will be preceded by ominous signs wonders of impending judgment (cf. Joel 2:10; see also Eze. 32:6-8 for literary parallels. Blood and fire and billows of smoke suggest the effects of warfare. The turning of the moon to blood refers in a poetic way to its being darkened (cf. the parallel line, The sun will be turned to darkness, and Joel 2:10; 3:15). Though such phenomena will signal doom for God’s enemies, His people Israel should interpret them as the precursors of their deliverance (cf. Mat. 24:29-31; Mark 13:24-27; Luke 21:25-28).

The great and dreadful day of the Lord will be preceded by ominous signs (wonders) of impending judgment (cf. Joel 2:10; see also Eze. 32:6-8 for literary parallels). Blood and fire and billows of smoke suggest the effects of warfare.