Lesson:
Who is Jesus?
Goal:
Children will know the difference between
Joshua (or Iesou) the Messiah of the Bible versus the being portrayed as Jesus
Christ by modern Christianity.
Objectives:
- Children will be able to
identify the One True God.
- Children will be able to
identify Jesus Christ, His only begotten son.
- Children will be able to have
some understanding of the terms, Unitarian, Binitarian, Ditheist, and
Trinitarian.
- Children will be able to list
three of Messiah’s priestly duties.
- Children will be able to list
three of Messiah’s kingly duties.
- Children will have a simple
understanding of Messiah’s lineage.
- Children will have a general
idea of Messiah’s Second Advent – return to Earth – to take up his kingly
responsibilities and role as Day Star of the planet.
Resources:
Who is Jesus? (No. CB2)
Who
is God? (No. CB1)
Summary: Genealogy of the
Messiah (No.119z)
Lesson: Law at our Doorposts (No.
CB80)
Ephod, Curious Girdle and
Breastpiece (No. CB65)
Relevant
Scriptures:
Matthew 3:17;
5:17-19; 16:16; John 14:28; Romans 1:4, Luke 1:32
Format:
Open with
prayer
Lesson on Activity
Close with prayer
Lesson:
- Read through the paper Who is Jesus? (No. CB2)
unless the lesson is read as a sermonette.
- Review questions from the work sheet, Who is Jesus? There are
many options of questions and activities contained in this lesson. The
facilitator is able to review the entire lesson and select which parts
they would like to present to their group of students.
- Activity Options:
A.
Who is Jesus Worksheet
B.
Experiential: The Maze of Messiah
C.
Genealogy of Messiah: Relay race with
question matching
D.
Worksheet: The names of Messiah then
and now
E.
Pictorial: The Miracle Match
Who is Jesus
Worksheet?
Reference text Who is Jesus? (No. CB2)
1. Who created everything? (Gen. 1:1; Jn. 17:3; 1Jn. 5:20; 1Tim. 6:16)
2.
What was the first thing created? (Col. 1:15-19, Rev. 3:14)
3. What did the angels do when the Earth was created? (Job 38:1-7)
4. Did things remain perfect? (Isa. 14:12-19)
5. What had Eloah set in place before the foundation of the world to
reconcile man and
the fallen Host
back to Himself?
6. What were the names of
Joshua the Messiah’s physical parents? (Lk 1:23-35; Mat.
1:18)
7. What lineage did Christ get from his mother Miriam? (Lk. 3:23-38) –
through David,
through Nathan
and Levi through Shimei (Zech. 12:8-14). This was Miriam’s lineage through her
father and mother.
8. What lineage did Christ get from Joseph his supposed father?
(Mat.1:1-16) – through David and Solomon. This lineage also lists significant
women in the lineage, though for various reasons women are not usually listed
in lineages.)
9. What tribe was Jesus born into? (Mat. 1:2)
10. Are we to keep Christ’s birthday? (Lk. 22:14-23)
11. Is Jesus the Christ the One True God? (Jn. 20:27-28)
12. Is Jesus the Christ the son of the Living God? (Mat. 16:16)
13. What does the “the Christ” or the “Messiah” mean?
14. Was Christ anointed/appointed above or over anyone; if so who? (Ps.
45:7; Heb. 1:9)
15. Is Jesus the Christ the only born son of God (Mat. 3:17; Jn. 1:18;
1Jn. 4:9)
16. Was part of Jesus’ job to be Saviour and
Redeemer? (Mat. 14:33; Jn. 1:18; 1Jn. 4:9)
17. Do we pray to the Father in the name of the son? (Jn. 14:12-14;
15:16)
18. Should we ever worship Jesus? (Lk. 11:1-2)
19. What Commandment gives us the answer? (Ex. 20:3)
20. Who is the greatest of all? (Jn. 10:29)
21. Who gave life to the son (Jn. 5:26)
22. Did Christ have life in and of and by himself?
23. Does Christ know everything? (Rev. 1:1)
24. Has anyone seen or heard the Father? (Jn. 1:18; 5:37)
25. Did Christ have a spiritual life before he was created a physical
human being?
(Jn. 6:38; 8:23,
58; Jn. 17:5; Phil 2:5-7 - RSV)
26. Why did Jesus come in the form of man? (Jn. 3:16)
27. Did many people believe Jesus when he was alive on the planet? (Jn.
10:20)
28. Was Jesus a powerful teacher? (Mat. 7:28-29)
29. Were the parables for everyone to understand? (Mk. 4:34)
30. Should we listen to those that say Jesus came to do away with the
Law?
(Mat. 5:17-19)
31. Are God’s Laws still in effect today? (Mat. 5:18-19)
32. What time was Christ put on the stake? Was it still light?
33. What happened at noon? (Mat. 27:45, Lk. 23:44)
34. What time were the lambs killed for the afternoon sacrifice?
35. What time did Christ die? (Mat. 27:46-50, Mk. 15:34)
36. How many hours of light was Messiah on the stake? And how many hours
of
dark was Messiah
on the stake? (Mk 15:25, 33)
37. What happened when Christ died? (Mk 15:38)
38. Was it known that Christ would be in the grave three days and three
nights? (Mat. 12:39-41; 16:21)
39. Was it known that he would return to Heaven? (Jn. 14:2,3)
40. When did Christ become a son of God in power? (Rom. 1:3-4)
41. When Christ arose and went to Heaven for the first time after his
death, what practice
was he fulfilling in spirit? (Lev. 23:9-14)
42. Was Jesus born to be a King? (Jer. 23:5, Mat. 2:2; 27:11; Lk. 19:38; Jn. 1:49; 18:37)
43. Will his kingdom ever end? (Lk 1:32, 33)
44. When will Messiah come back to take up his role as King? (Rev.
11:15)
45. Where is Messiah now? (Ps 110: 1; Mat 26:64; Mk. 14:62)
46. Did Christ ever sin? (2Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15; 7:26-28)
47. Has Christ qualified to be the new Morning Star or Day Star of the
planet? (Rev.
2:26-28,
22:16)
48. Will he return to Earth to take up the position of Day Star of the
planet?
49. Will Christ be our High Priest and King? (Lk. 1:32; Heb 2:17; 3:1;
4:14ff; 5:5, 10;
6:20; 7:26,28;
8:1,3; 9:11; 10:21)
50. Will Christ, as High Priest and King, bring in the Millennium
(termed the period of
Just Rule) under God’s Laws? (Isa. 32:1-20)
Activity: The Maze
of Messiah’s return
Supplies per child: one zip-lock bag, red, blue, purple yarn (enough yarn of all three
colours to set up a maze that is intertwined with the other children’s
strings), High Priest cards, kingly cards, twelve tribal cards. A hole-punch,
short strings or safety pins to attach the cards on to the red/blue maze yarn.
Attach the High Priest cards to be scattered throughout each child’s red yarn
and do the same with kingly cards on the purple, and Law cards on the blue.
Procedure: Before
they begin, review the concept we all come to the Father through Christ; we
enter in through one of the twelve tribes (Rev. 21:12).
At the start of the maze have each child
draw one of the Tribe cards. The children then go to the start of the maze and
find the matching Tribe card. As the
children go through the maze they just continue to wind up the yarn either
around a crumbled piece of paper towel or old paper towel roll. As they get to
the cards they take the cards off and place them in their zip-lock bag.
When they finish, discuss how easy or hard
it is to go over and under all the obstacles. What things give us problems or
cause us to sin or become discouraged or frustrated just like when you became
frustrated going through the tangled maze? Reflect on how challenging it must
have been for Christ to live a sinless life. He did set us an example and gave
up his life so we could be reconciled or united back to the Father.
Follow-up Discussion:
Question: What does the red yarn represent?
Answer: The
colour red represents the blood of Jesus Christ as our Passover sacrifice.
a) Blood of the Passover Lamb in Egypt.
b) Red is the
laying down of Messiah’s life as Priest for his brothers, both men and the
fallen Host.
c) Red (scarlet) cord on Rehab’s window (Jos. 2:17-21).
Question:
Who is now our High Priest?
Answer:
Jesus Christ.
Hebrews
9:11-12 But when Christ appeared as a
high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and
more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he
entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and
calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Psalm 110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent,
Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek
Question: What were some of the things you gathered
from the red/priest yarn and what did they symbolize?
Answer: Golden
plate or mitre, breastpiece, white tunic, blue robe, bare feet, crown of
thorns, colt, sceptre with Judah.
Question:
What does the blue yarn represent?
Answer:
Law of God administered by the priesthood of Aaron from Sinai and the setting
up of the Tabernacle. Since the giving of the Holy Spirit the Church is in
charge of the Oracles of God. Blue ribbons are to remind us of the
Commandments and Law of God.
Question: Are we to wear blue ribbons as fringes on our clothing to remind of
us of the Law of God?
Answer: Yes, (Num. 15:38-39; Deut. 22:12).
Numbers 15:38-39
“Speak to the people of Israel, and bid them to make tassels on the corners of
their garments throughout their generations, and to put upon the tassel of each
corner a chord of blue; and it shall be to you a tassel to look upon and
remember all the commandments of the LORD, to do them, not to follow after your
own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to go after wantonly.”
Deuteronomy
22:12 You shall make thee fringes upon
the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou covers thyself. Pin four blue
ribbons on this card prior to hanging it on the blue yarn.
Question: What are the two Great
Commandments?
Answer:
First Great Commandment:
Mark 12:29-30: The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The
Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength:
this is the first commandment. (KJV)
Second Great Commandment:
Mark 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shall love thy
neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. (KJV)
Question: Did Christ come to do away with the Law?
Answer: No.
Matthew 5:17-19
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to
destroy, but to fulfill. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till
heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the
law, till all be fulfilled. 19Whosoever therefore
shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall
be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach
them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Question: Should we keep the Law of God?
Answer: Yes.
Question:
What does the purple yarn represent?
Answer: When we mix red with blue we get
the colour purple. In God’s colour scheme we see when we combine the perfect
acceptable sacrifice of Christ with the Perfect Law of God we see God’s royal
priesthood that combines the components of the High Priest with King. The priesthood is now after the order of Melchisidek.
Melchisedek was both king and priest (Ps. 110:4; Heb. 7:1-2).
Question:
Was Christ like Melchisedek?
Answer:
Yes, (Ps. 110:4; Heb. 7:14-17).
Question: Is it now a royal priesthood?
Answer: Yes, the priesthood is now a royal priesthood (1Pet. 2:9).
Question:
Who will rule the Earth as both kings and priests after Jesus Christ returns?
Answer:
The elect (1Pet. 2:9).
Question: What were some of the symbols we found on
the purple yarn?
Answer: Crown, white horse, sharp sword, robe with
Lord of Lords and King of Kings, rod of iron.
Question: What other things can we think of that use
the colours red, blue and purple?
Answer: The Tabernacle and the High Priest’s
garments.
When finished the children can go to the
maze:
A. They can use the cards as prompts to draw their own picture/collage
of Messiah as High Priest and King and how we will be kings and priests also.
B. They can glue the Commandment cards on two pieces on construction
paper. The first four Commandments under the first Great Commandment and the
last six under the second Great Commandment.
C. Cut about twelve inches or 30 cm of each colour of string for each
child. Allow the children to braid the three colours together to reinforce the
concept of Christ’s role as High Priest/ keeping of the Law and ruling as a
King are “tied” together when he returns to the Earth to rule the planet. If
the yarn is thin the braid can become bookmarks that the children can keep or
make for the congregation.
High
Priest Cards: one set of cards per
child to be pinned onto the red yarn after the maze is set up.
Symbol / spiritual application and
scriptural reference
Golden plate, mitre (Lev. 8:9)
Breastpiece (Ex. 28:15-30)
White tunic (Ex. 39:27?)
Blue robe (Ex. 39:22-31)
Bare feet (Ex. 3:5)
Crown of thorns (Mat. 27:29; Mk. 15:17; Jn.
19:5)
Colt
(Mat. 22:2-7)
Sceptre with Judah (Gen. 49:10)
Kingly
Cards one set of cards per child to be pinned onto the purple yarn.
Symbol/ spiritual application and
scriptural reference in following table
Crown/ many diadems (Rev.19:12)
Robe
dipped in blood, name KING OF KINGS, and LORD OF LORDS (Rev. 19:13)
Rod of
iron (Rev. 19:15)
Sharp
sword (Rev. 19:15)
White
horse (Rev. 19:11)
Four features of Messiah’s
character and condition at his first advent and his second advent. (Note in The Companion Bible on Zech 9:9.)
Just
(Righteousness)
Priest / First
Advent
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King / Second
Advent
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Exodus
38:4 And these [are] the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall
make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister
unto me in the priest's office. Also Exodus 38: 37,39; 29:6, etc.
Leviticus
8:9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, [even] upon his
forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the
LORD commanded Moses.
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Revelation
19:12 His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man
knew, but he himself.
Jeremiah
23:5,6 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will raise unto David a
righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute
judgment and justice in the
earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and
this [is] his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
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Priest / First
Advent
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King / Second
Advent
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Exodus
28:4 And these [are] the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and
an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they
shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may
minister unto me in the priest's office.
They
are the tunic/shirt, sash, turban/bonnet and linen breaches (Ex. 28:40, 42;
39:27-29).
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Revelation
14:14 And I looked, and behold a white
cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his
head a golden crown, and in his
hand a sharp sickle.
Revelation
19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp
sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them
with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty God.
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White robe of
righteousness: Revelation 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be
arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
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Sword of the spirit is
the word of God (Eph. 6:17).
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Breastpiece of
righteousness (Eph. 6:14).
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Word
of God is sharper than two-edged sword
…judging the thoughts and intents of the heart (Heb. 4:12).
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For
he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made
the righteousness of God in him
(2Cor. 5:21).
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Repent
… I will make war with them by the sword
of my mouth (Rev. 2:16).
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Let
thy priests be clothed with righteousness;
and let thy saints shout for joy (Ps. 132:9).
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Crown of righteousness
that the righteous Judge will award to me… (1Tim 4:8).
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John.
19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown
of thorns, and the purple robe. And [Pilate] saith unto them, Behold the
man!
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Crown of life, which
the Lord has promised to those who love Him (Jas. 1:12).
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Matthew
27:29 And when they had platted a crown
of thorns, they put [it] upon his head, and a reed in his right hand:
and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of
the Jews!
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When
the chief Shepherd appears you will receive the unfading crown of glory (1Pet. 5:4).
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Bringing
Salvation
Priest / First Advent
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King / Second Advent
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Genesis 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come;
and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].
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Revelation
12:5 And she brought forth a man-child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught
up unto God, and [to] his throne.
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Priest / First Advent
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King / Second Advent
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Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not
now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob,
and a Sceptre shall rise out of
Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of
Sheth.
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Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth
goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall
rule them with a rod of iron: and
he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
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Isaiah 49:5,6ff. And now, saith the LORD
that formed me from the womb [to be] his servant, to bring Jacob again to
him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of
the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. And he said, It is a light thing
that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to
restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the
Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation
unto the end of the earth. Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One,
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Luke 2:11 for to you is born this day in
the city of David a Saviour, who
is Christ the Lord (RSV)
Acts 5:30ff. The God of our fathers
raised Jesus whom you killed by hanging him on a tree, God exalted him at his
right hand as leader and Saviour
to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 13:22-23 ... of whom he testified
And said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who
will do all my will.’ Of this man’s posterity God had brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus, as He promised
(RSV).
Titus 1:3-4 and at the proper time
manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted
by command of God our Saviour. To
Titus my true child in common faith: Grace and peace fro God the Father and Christ Jesus or Saviour (RSV)
Titus 3:4-6 …by the washing of
regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, which he poured out upon us
richly through Jesus Christ our
Saviour (RSV)
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Psalm 45:6 Thy throne, O God, [is] for
ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
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Revelation 19:16 And he hath on [his]
vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS,
AND LORD OF LORDS.
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Hebrews 1:8 But unto the Son [he saith],
Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness
[is] the sceptre of thy kingdom.
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Revelation 17:14 These shall make war
with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings:
and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful.
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Lowly, Meek –
Sacrificing for others
Priest / First Advent
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King / Second Advent
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Ministering
bare feet for the place you stand is holy ground
(Ex. 3:5; Jos. 5:15; Acts 7:33).
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Psalm 22:14ff. I am poured out like
water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted
in the midst of my bowels.
22:24 For he hath not despised nor
abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from
him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
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Do nothing from selfish or empty conceit
but with humility of mind of let
each of you regard one another as more important than himself (Phil. 2:3).
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Isaiah 53:4ff. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet
we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:7ff. He was oppressed, and he
was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his
mouth… thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin… he bare the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
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…let all be harmonious, sympathetic,
brotherly kindhearted and humble
in spirit (1Pet. 3:8).
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Matthew 19:17 And he said unto him, Why
callest thou me good? [there
is] none good but one, [that is], God:
but if thou wilt enter into
life, keep the commandments.
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Clothe yourself with humility toward one another, for God opposed to the proud but
gives grace to the humble (1Pet. 5: 5,6).
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With all humility and gentleness with patience showing forbearance to on
another in love… (Eph 4:2 ff.)
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Riding
on horse (ass)
Priest / First Advent
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King / Second Advent
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John 12:14,15 And Jesus, when he had
found a young ass, sat thereon; as
it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting
on an ass's colt.
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And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him
[was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make
war (Rev. 19:11).
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Mark 11:7ff. And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their
garments on him; and he sat upon him (Lk. 19:36-40).
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Revelation 19:14 And the armies [which
were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
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Law
Cards: one set of cards per child to be pinned on to the blue yarn
Numbers 15:38-39: “Speak to the people of
Israel, and bid them to make tassels on the corners of their garments
throughout their generations, and to put upon the tassel of each corner a chord
of blue; and it shall be to you a tassel to look upon and remember all the
commandments of the LORD, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and
your own eyes, which you are inclined to go after wantonly.”
Deuteronomy
22:12 you shall make thee fringes upon the four
quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou covers thyself.
Pin four blue ribbons on this card prior to
hanging it on the blue yarn.
First Great Commandment:
Mark
12: 29-30 The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord
our God is one Lord: And thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this
is the first commandment. (KJV)
Second Great Commandment:
Mark12:31 And
the second is like, namely this, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. There
is none other commandment greater than these. (KJV)
I.
"I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the
land of bondage, or slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me"
II.
“You
shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above
or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. "You shall not
worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the
fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing loving kindness to
thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments"
III.
"You
shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not
leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain".
IV.
"Remember
the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. "Six days you shall labor and do all
your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you
shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your
female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. "For
in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in
them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the
Sabbath day and made it holy".
V.
"Honor
your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which
the LORD your God gives you".
VI.
"You
shall not murder".
VII.
"You
shall not commit adultery".
VIII.
"You
shall not steal".
IX.
"You
shall not bear false witness against your neighbor".
X.
“You shall not covet your
neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant
or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your
neighbor."
Genealogy of
Messiah: Relay Race with question matching
Supplies for relay race: have the questions and answers
written on separate pieces of paper such as 3 x 5 cards or simply enlarge the
print and cut the questions and answers apart from the text below. Divide the
corresponding questions and answers into the number of teams that will be
participating. Tag board and glue stick
for each team
Activity: Divide the questions and answers into the number of teams that are
present. Have the children race to get a question or answer. Once all teams
have all their questions and answers the children read through the questions
and paste the question and correct answer on the board. The boards can then be
read aloud and discussed.
Question:
How many lineages are there of Messiah in the New Testament? Are they the same
or different?
Answer: Two lines
or lineages, in Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-38, both entirely different.
Question: Whom did God make
His Covenant with in Genesis 17? Therefore, whom did Messiah have to be a son
of?
Answer: Abraham.
Genesis 17:7 showed that the Covenant and, therefore, Messiah had to come
through Abraham’s seed
Question: List the
sons of Abraham
Answer:
Isaac, Ishmael (twelve princes of Ishmael in order of their birth are (Gen.
25:13ff.): Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad,
Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah; and the six sons of
Keturah are as follows: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
Question: What are
the names of the sons of Jacob/ Israel?
Answer: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun,
Joseph, Benjamin.
Question: Which of
these twelve tribes was Messiah’s lineage to come through?
Answer: Judah.
Question: Did Messiah have to come through the line of Jesse and David?
Answer: Yes, Jesse was David’s father. John 7:42 refers to a number of
prophecies in a single text. The scriptures that are covered by this text are
found at Psalm 110:1-7 where he is David’s Lord and Priest of Melchisedek. This
text refers thus to the Priest Messiah. Psalm 132:6 and 11 show that it is one
of David and Ephratah that God will sit upon the throne, thus the King Messiah
(Isa. 11:1). Thus Messiah
had to be the seed of the root of Jesse, the father of David. Messiah is of
David’s line from Jeremiah 23:5-8.
Question: Originally what tribe did the priest hood come from?
Answer: Levites of the sons of Aaron
Question: Is the Aaronic priest hood still in effect?
Answer: No.
Question: What replaced the Aaronic priesthood?
Answer: Melchisedek priesthood. Psalm
110:1-7 reflects that he is David’s Lord and Priest of Melchisedek.
Question: Does the Melchisedek priesthood last forever? Is Melchisedek’s
priesthood of genealogical background?
Is Messiah a High Priest forever?
Answer: Yes the priesthood lasts forever. The Melchisedek priesthood does not
have genealogical background or requirements. Messiah will be our High Priest
forever (Heb. 5:6; 10:6:20; 7:1-21).
Question: Of which order will we be priests? Do we receive a kingdom?
Answer: We are or will priests of the
order of Melchisedek and yes we receive a kingdom and rule with Messiah (Ps.
110:4; Heb. 12:28).
Question: How many advents were there of Messiah? What was the first advent for?
Answer: There are two aspects of the Messianic advent, which show that Messiah
is of two advents for two purposes. The first purpose was as the priest Messiah
to establish the order of Melchisedek, to create a priesthood without
genealogy, so that it might be opened to the Gentiles as the gift of God. The elect have been ransomed by Christ as an
order of kings and priests (Rev. 1:6; 5:9-10).
Question: What does the lineage of Luke 3:23-38 show us?
Answer: Miriam’s, his mother's lineage, through her father who was Jew, it is
through David’s son Nathan, and Levi’s son Shimei. Her mother was of the tribe
of Levi as her sister Elizabeth.
Question: What is the Second Advent of Messiah for?
Answer: To rule as King, replacing Satan as Day Star of this planet. (Jer. 23:5, Mat. 2:2; 27:11; Lk.19:38; Jn. 1:49; 18:37; Rev. 17:14;
19:16)
Question: Which
lineage shows us in Matthew 1: 1-17?
Answer: Joseph’s lineage
Question:
What does the text in 1 Chronicles 3:17-19 show us?
Answer: That
the Levirate law of Deut. 25:5-6 was used in Messiah’s kingly lineage was used
for the second time.
Question: What
was the first time the levirate law was used in Messiah’s lineage
Answer: Tamar, then Ruth and Boaz, and finally
Zerubbabel.
Question: Is
Joseph a descendant of David through Jeconiah? Do the Scriptures all allow for
any one to become king through Jeconiah?
Answer:
No.
Jeremiah 22:24-30 “write this man down
childless, a man who shall not succeed in his days; for none of his off spring
shall succeed in sitting on the throne of David, and ruling again in Judah”
Question: What were the four components of Messiah lineage that are reflected in
the gospels?
Answer:
1. As son of David he is King through Judah.
2. As son of Abraham he is King of Israel as
heir to the promises conferred or put on him through Joseph. He is also the
head of the other nations of Abraham.
3. As the son of Adam he is a man and hence
qualified to lead humanity to salvation through death.
4. As the Son of God (Jn. 3:16-17) he assumes
the elohim status that he laid down at the incarnation, through his
resurrection from the dead as a Son of God in power (Rom. 1:4). He qualified to
become the Morning Star and he will share that rule with his household (Rev.
2:27-28; 22:16; cf. Zech. 12:8) as they share the divine nature of God as he
does (2Pet. 1:4).
Match the Names of
Messiah with the correct Scriptures
Beginning or
Arche of the Creation Isaiah
9:7
Wonderful Matthew
1:23
Angel of YHVH Colossians
1:15
Counsellor Revelation
3:14
KING OF KINGS,
LORD OF LORDS Genesis
16:7
Word of God Revelation
19:16
Faithful and
True Revelation
19:13
Immanuel, God
with us Revelation 19:11
First-begotten
(proototokos) Revelation
1:5
Prince of Peace John
1:29-30
Lamb of God Revelation
1:5
First-born from the dead Isaiah
9:7
Faithful witness Isaiah
9:7
Miracle Match:
Supplies needed: worksheet of Miracle Match per child, glue, construction paper or
tag board, scissors, markers or colours.
Procedure:
A. Match the picture of the miracle with the correct scripture and glue
each picture and scripture on to a piece of paper.
B. Place the correct picture / scripture in the correct chronological
order. Secure the pictures onto a large piece of paper and label it Messiah’s
Miracles.
Answers:
He healed the sick
(Mat. 4:23-24).
He turned water into
wine (Jn. 2:1-10).
He walked on water
(Mat. 14:22-33).
He stilled the storm
(Mk. 4:35-41).
He forgave and healed
a paralytic (Lk. 5:17-26).
He raised Lazarus from
the dead (Jn. 11:38-44).
He cast out demons
(Mk. 5:1-16).
He fed five thousand
with five loaves and two fish (Lk. 9:10-17).
