But aside from such fascinating information, the children have also picked up on a few key lessons: First, that things tend to go better when we follow God's instructions. Second, that if we ask him God will forgive us and make things right again. And finally, that God always keeps his promises - He promised to protect his people if they followed him, and he promised to let their enemies take them away if they did not follow him. Through the stories of the kings we see him keep both these promises, and many more of them. | We finally made it to the end of the Kings! After several terms of learning about the good, the bad, and the really evil, we finally reached Zedekiah, the last king of Judah. I've been highly impressed with the kids interest in the kings, and their ability to keep track of the long list of them. They've held onto some very important details - such as how Jehoram was struck with an awful disease that made his intestines come out! As promised, at the conclusion of the kings, we took the temple model outside and burned it down - in a reenactment of 2 Chronicles 36:19. It took a bit to get the temple to burn, but we finally got there and the entire thing was reduced to ashes. We were not left hopeless though - in keeping with the theme of God following through on his promises we read the final part of 2 Chronicles: "This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and has appointed me to build him a temple at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you of His people may go up, and may the Lord his God be with him." 2 Chron. 36:23 (HCSB) And so we wait for 2017, to find out what happens next in God's big story. |
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