Generations
26/06/23 08:17
Saturday we reviewed and made a list of all the generations from Abraham to Jesus, which we find in Matthew, chapter one. (I illustrated generations with photos of six generations in my family.) I've never seen a lesson on this before. In fact, I've seen a lesson book for children that starts with the Creation and the Fall, and then jumps to Jesus dying for our sins, totally ignoring just about all the the Old Testament story and context for Jesus' coming. The generations in Matthew 1 link Jesus to the history of Israel, beginning with Abraham, not with the Creation.
After the children highlighted and decorated each name, and we taped them to the wall, God inspired me with a key question: "Who comes after Jesus in this genealogy?" We all had to think about that for a minute. Who are the children of Jesus? We are! And our memory verse is John 1:12. To be followed by Galatians 3:7.
