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Please, Before we go over the books of the Bible, lets memorize them beforehand.

We will be going over old testament. Do you know how many books are in the old testament? There are 39. Today we will be going over the first five.
Who can tell me the first book of the Bible and whats it about?

The first 5 books are called the laws.
There are over 600 laws!!!
What are laws? They teach us what to do, We all have choices but these law teach us to have wisdom. Between good and evil.
Can someone give us some examples of good and bad things the bibles talks about? Or maybe in everyday life?

(Simplify this for the kids. Quick and easy )

Genesis - The beginning and creations (Genesis answers two big questions “How did God’s relationship with the world begin?” and “Where did the nation of Israel come from?”) Exodus - Redemption (God saves Israel from slavery in Egypt, and then enters into a special relationship with them.)

Leviticus- worship (God gives Israel instructions for how to worship Him.)
Numbers - in the wilderness (Israel fails to trust and obey God, and wanders in the wilderness for 40 years.)
Dueteronmy - Instructions (Moses gives Israel instructions (in some ways, a recap of the laws in Exodus–Numbers) for how to love and obey God in the Promised Land.)

Before class end with saying the first five with clapping beat.

Craft for today Bookmarks! Lets keep them so they color the ones each week

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The Bible is a library, It has so many different books! Did you know that it's the greatest seller of all time? It was written by God through the hands of 40 different men! Written over 1600 years ago. 

We all have learned about history in school but the Bible is the number one history book! 

Who remembers what the word “testament” means not “testamints”. (It means Promise.)

Go over the first 10

Activity:

We will have different sections of little sorting games with the first 10 of the books of the Bible 

Water Color section 

Popsicle sticks 

Ball Game 

Fruit basket game but with 5 books 

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Today we will be finishing the historical category of the bible. First we learned the Laws. Does anyone remember what the laws were? Hint: First 5 (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) The historical books we’ve learned are Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1st and 2nd Samuel. Now for the next books

-1 Kings: The Kingdom of Israel has a time of Peace and blessing with King Solomon, but afterwards splits and the two lines of kings turn away from God.

-2 Kings: Both Kingdoms ignore God and his prophets, until they both fall.

-1 Chronicles: Brief history of Israel from Adam to David.

-2 Chronicles: Davids son Solomon builds the temple, but was rejecting God. The Babylonians take the southern Israelites captive and destroy the temple

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-Ezra: The Israelites rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, and Ezra teaches the people to obey Gods law again.

-Nehemiah: Jerusalem is in bad shape, so Nehemiah rebuilds the wall around the city

-Esther: I know we just learned Esther lets see if anyone remembers.

Now lets say the 7 in order. (repeat)

Challenge them to see if anyone can say them all!

Activity:

For craft lets pull out those book mark we colored the first week and color off just the history section. We should have The Law and The history colored.

If there is time go ahead and jump into a game that we have done before with the books of the Bible.

ex: Ball game or fruit Basket!

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Today we will be learning the next 5 books in the Old Testament. These are called the WRITINGS or POETRY .

But first let’s go over the books that we have already learned…
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther…


Job - this book is about an honorable man named job who lost everything but he kept believing Gods promises and God blessed him more than ever before.
Psalms- This is the longest book of the Bible with 150 chapters.
Proverbs- A book full of wisdom. Proverbs will help us know how to enjoy life and will help protect us from evil influences and foolish choices.
Ecclesiastes- This book talks about the meaning of life and the best way to live.
Song of Solomon- This book is pretty much love songs between a man and a woman.

Go over these new books in order and then see if anyone can say them all from the beginning.

Activity
Craft will be a bible shelf sheet.

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Wow you have learned 22 books of the Bible! We are getting so close to finishing up the Old Testament! Does anyone remember how many books of the Bible are in the old testament? (39) That means we have 17 to go! We have learned The Laws, The history, and the poetry. Now we are going to start learning the books of prophecy. Do you know what a prophet is? The prophets words are God’s words.

Lets listen to a silly song of all the Prophetic books 

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WEEK 7,8 Books of the Bible

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WEEK 9 Books of the Bible

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The rest of the books in the old testament are all Prophets. Does anyone remember what a prophet is? A prophet is someone who speaks the words of God to the people. Before Jesus came, the people were suffering and they cried out to God. The prophets came to give the people a message from God. Sometimes the message “You have turned away from God. You have been disobedient.” The prophets gave encouragement too. They told the people “God sees your suffering. God is sending someone to save you.”

Now lets go through the new books

Isaiah: God sends Isaiah to warn Israel about future judgment and about a coming king and servant who will “bear the sins of many.”

Jeremiah: God Sends a prophet to warn Israel about the coming Babylonian capturing but the people don’t take the news very well. They were rebellious. 

Lamentations: The fall of Jerusalem after the Babylonians attack. 

Ezekiel: God chooses a man to speak for Him to Israel to tell them that their ways were wrong and to teach them justice.

Daniel: Daniel becomes a high ranking wise man in the Babylonian and Persian empires. He had visions concerning Israels future. 

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Isaiah coloring page

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We are so close to finishing the old testament! Lets go back just a bit to the books of Poetry. Who remembers the books of Poetry. (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs or solomon.)

Job is a looooooong poem telling the story of a man name Job who lost EVERYTHING, but never stopped following God.

Psalms is actually a book of songs that the people of God would have sung when they were gathered together in worship. God gives us creativity – art, music, poetry, and more. The best thing we can do with that creativity is celebrate and worship God.

Proverbs and Ecclesiastes give us wisdom on how to live.

Song of Solomon is a poem about a man and woman who love each other that gives us a picture of how God loves us.  

Isaiah talks a lot about the coming Messiah, as do the other prophets. That Messiah is Jesus. He hasn't come yet, but when He does, the world will never be the same.

Isaiah is the first book of prophets.

Go over the last 5 (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel)

Activity

Bible Sort and trace. To help them remember those last 5 before moving on

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Hosea: Hosea was a Loyal man. He understood the heart of God. 

Joel: God sends a plague of locusts to Judge Israel, but his judgment on the surrounding nations is coming, too.

Amos: Amos explained how God uses prophets to explain His work but the people rejected prophets and judgment was coming

Obadiah: Edom had a lot of pride. Obadiah warned them that judgment was coming.

Jonah: A disobedient prophet runs from God, is swallowed by a great fish, and then preaches God’s message to the city of Nineveh. 

Activity

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Last Books!!

We have 7 more books left of the old testament! Last time we went over the some of the major prophets. Those were Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel, Than we learned about some of the 12 minor prophets, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, And Jonah. This week we will be going over the last 7.

Does anyone know why they are called major and minor prophets? Its simple. Because the major books are MAJOR, they’re just longer. The minor books are just smaller books. That’s it. Simple. But can anyone remember what prophets are? They just speak on Gods behalf! You’ll see that a lot in these books. God is warning the people that Jesus is coming to rule! These last ones have some funny names. Be ready!Lets get into the last 7. ——————->>>>>>>

Micah: Micah confronts the leaders of Israel and Judah regarding their injustice, and prophecies that one day the Lord himself will rule in perfect justice.

Nahum: Nahum foretells of God’s judgment on Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.

Habakkuk: Habakkuk pleads with God to stop the injustice and violence in Judah, but is surprised to find that God will use the even more violent Babylonians to do so.

Zephaniah: God warns that he will judge Israel and the surrounding nations, but also that he will restore them in peace and justice.

Haggai: The people have abandoned the work of restoring God’s temple in Jerusalem, and so Haggai takes them to task.

Zechariah: The prophet Zechariah calls Israel to return to God, and records prophetic visions that show what’s happening behind the scenes.

Malachi: God has been faithful to Israel, but they continue to live disconnected from him—so God sends Malachi to call them out.