On November 29th, a man named Isaac discovered a burned Bible page from the book of Joel at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN.
Gripping his rake, he revisited a spot in Craftsman Valley he had skimmed over after his co-worker, Misty Carver, quipped, “Is that how you clean your room?” Provoked, he said he had started “really getting in the nooks and crannies” under a park bench when he caught a glimpse of a piece of paper lying in a puddle of water — soggy, seared and torn in two. knoxnews
“I just found this while helping our House and Grounds team clean different areas of Dollywood Theme Park. It was under a bench soaking wet. Talk about goosebumps….”
Joel 1:15
The day of the LORD is near, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!
Joel 1:19 To you, LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
Joel 1:20 Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
And at the bottom barely visible is:
Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
“And at the bottom barely visible” – for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand…this reality is certainly “barely visible” to most.
Joel 1:19, the 7th verse (13,14,15,16,17,18,19) in the fragment of Dollywood speaks of the fire and the verse reference bears the birth date of Dolly Parton (1/19), the owner of Dollywood.
To you, LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field. Joel 1:19
The final verse from the fragment “barely visible” is the only one from chapter 2 which speaks of the Day of the Lord.
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord comes, for it is nigh at hand. Joel 2:1