Joel 3:18

Joel 3:18 states, And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.   Joel closes his prophecy with promises of hope.  When God pronounces judgment on people, He never leaves them without a way to return to Him.  Now, we know that in the last days, when people will no longer respond to God's call that He is coming in judgment and all hope for them will be gone, but this is their choice, not God's choice.  The people of Israel were promised that they would live in a land of plenty.  God has promised His people that He will always generously meet their needs. This includes us today.  We as followers of Christ should be living in contentment knowing that God will provide for us forever.  Verse nineteen adds, Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. Those people who oppose God and oppress or kill His people will ultimately be left in complete desolation.  This does not mean that we as followers of Christ are to attempt to leave them that way. What Joel was telling God's people was that God would ultimately destroy those that oppressed Him and protect His people.  Verse twenty continues, But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.  This is the promise to God's people that they would be His forever.  We can rest secure in that promise.  Our faith can never be in the things of this world, but only in the promise of God that we are His through His power forever.  Verse twenty-one concludes, For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.  We know that we as followers of Christ are cleansed through the blood of Christ, and this is the only way to be cleansed before God.  This is the promise of God to all who would be saved.