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Exodus 12:1-14
Exodus 12:13
Matthew 26:17-18
Romans 5:8-9
1 Corinthians 5:7
Hebrews 9:22
1 Peter 1:18-19
1 John 1:7
CELEBRATE - to honor God
HAIL - balls of ice that fall from the sky
A long time ago, God’s people lived in Egypt. Pharaoh was Egypt’s mean king. He made the Israelites work very hard making bricks and building cities. Pharaoh’s guards treated the Israelites very badly.
God heard His people cry to Him. He saw how they were being treated. So, God sent Moses and his brother Aaron to talk to Pharaoh. They told Pharaoh that God said, “Let my people go!” God wanted His people to celebrate a feast unto Him. But, Pharaoh said, “No!”
Moses told Pharaoh that he should obey God. If he didn’t, he would be sorry. But still Pharaoh said, “No!” So, God sent some bad things to the Egyptians. First, all of their water turned to blood. Then there were frogs everywhere. Frogs in their beds and their kitchens. Everywhere they looked there were frogs! God sent all kinds of flies to bite the people. He sent balls of ice from the sky to fall on the people. God sent bugs that ate all their food. He even sent darkness – during the day! But still Pharaoh said “No!”
Then, God said that His death angel would come to Egypt. The angel would kill all the boys who were born first in the families. Moses told the Israelites to put blood over their doors. When God’s angel saw the blood, he would pass over that house.
That night was the first Passover. Can you guess why it was called Passover? Because the death angel passed over when he saw the blood. He wants us to celebrate and remember how He Let His people go free on that day.
Sunday - Exodus 12:12-13
Monday - Romans 5:8-9
Tuesday - Hebrews 9:22
Wednesday - 1 Peter 1:18-19
Thursday - Matthew 26:17-18
Friday - 1 Corinthians 5:7
Saturday - 1 John 1:7
Exodus 12:15-20
Leviticus 23:4-8
2 Chronicles 30:21
Ezra 6:22
Mark 14:1-2
John 6:35
1 Corinthians 5:6-8
TORTILLA - a round thin cake of unleavened bread
UNLEAVENED BREAD - flat bread made without any leavening
WILDERNESS - a place where people haven’t lived
We learned last week that Moses went to see Pharaoh. He told him that God said, “Let my people go.” Do you remember why God wanted Pharaoh to let His people go? He wanted them to go into the wilderness and have a feast to worship Him. At sunset, when the Passover was over, God’s feast days started. This feast is called the Days of Unleavened Bread.
That night, God’s people left Egypt in a big hurry. They took food and clothes with them. But they left in such a hurry that they didn’t have time for their bread to become big and fluffy. So they ate flat bread, like a tortilla! It was called unleavened bread because there was nothing in it to make it rise. God said we have to eat unleavened bread for seven days. That means that you can’t eat a hamburger or pizza for seven days. But there are a lot of good things you can eat.
The first day and the last day are holy days. God says that we should not work on these feast days. They are days of rest. He wants us to celebrate these days by going to church. We can sing and praise God. And we should pray and give Him an offering. It’s a day for another special potluck meal with lots of good food.
For seven days we should eat unleavened bread to help us remember that Jesus is the Bread of Life. Jesus told His disciples, “I am the bread of life.” He came and died for all the bad things we do. He saved the Israelites from Pharaoh being mean to them. He can save us from sin – all the bad things we do – so that we can live with Jesus forever some day.
Sunday - Exodus 12:17
Monday - Exodus 12:19
Tuesday - 1 Corinthians 5:6-8
Wednesday - Mark 14:1-2
Thursday - Leviticus 23:4-8
Friday - 2 Chronicles 30:21
Saturday - Ezra 6:22
Exodus 34:21-22
Leviticus 23:15-21
Deut.16:9-10, 16
Luke 4:14
Acts 1:5
Acts 2:1-47
Acts 2:17
GRAIN - seeds that are often ground to make flour for bread
PENTECOST - count fifty
We’ve had a lesson about God telling Moses to let His people go. After that God told His people to celebrate the Days of Unleavened Bread. For seven days everyone ate flat bread. They couldn’t have pizza or a hamburger. God told them that the bread they ate must be flat or unleavened.
God said to Moses, “Tell my people to count 50 days and keep another Feast.”
Can you count to 50? This Feast day is called Pentecost or the Feasts of First Fruits. This Feast is in the spring of the year when the weather is getting warmer. If you live on the other side of the world, it’s in the autumn. On this Feast day God said for His people to bring Him an offering. The Israelites were to bring an offering of new grain from their gardens. We should give God an offering on Pentecost as well. One of the offerings they brought was two loaves of bread. It was okay for these loaves of bread to be big and fluffy. They could have yeast in them. Yeast makes bread light and fluffy.
God said we are to have a special church service on Pentecost and He doesn’t want us to work on that day. We have a special meal on Pentecost with our plates piled high with our favorite foods. You can have some really yummy dessert – maybe a brownie, a piece of apple pie or even chocolate cake. God wants us to love His Feast days and celebrate in a big way!
Pentecost is a feast day to celebrate! It is a harvest festival. God gave his Holy Spirit on this day so that some day we will be apart of His harvest.
Sunday - Leviticus 23:15-16
Monday - Exodus 34:21-22
Tuesday - Leviticus 23:17-18
Wednesday - Deuteronomy 16:9-10
Thursday - Acts 2:1-4
Friday - Luke 4:14
Saturday - Acts 1:5
Leviticus 23:23-25
Numbers 10:1-10
Joshua 6:4-5
Psalm 47:5
Isaiah 58:1
Matthew 24:31
1 Cor. 15:52
1 Thes. 4:16
Revelation 11:15
TRUMPET - a horn
ANNOUNCE - to let you know that something is about to happen
Summer was over and it was beginning to get cooler. God had something He wanted to tell Moses. He said, “I want my people to celebrate another feast day. You are to celebrate it on the first day of the seventh month.” If you look up in the sky on that night you will see a tiny moon that looks like a slice of orange. This is called a “new moon.” When you see that slice of orange in the sky, you will know it is the first day of the month. And God said, “that is when I want you to celebrate the Feast of Trumpets.”
God had told His people to blow a trumpet on the first day of every month. The Feast of Trumpets is on the first day of the seventh month. And God said to blow a trumpet that day. A trumpet blast can be very loud. People could hear it a long way off. So when they heard the trumpet blast on the first day of the seventh month, they knew it was time to celebrate the Feast of Trumpets.
The Feast of Trumpets is a very special celebration. We don’t work on that day. We go to church to learn more about God and His feast day. We get to sing a lot of songs to praise God. We have a special meal that we may call a “potluck.” And we eat a lot of really good food.
Some day the trumpet will make a very loud sound and our Friend Jesus will come back to this earth! Won’t that be a wonderful day? Do you think He will come back on the Feast of Trumpets?
Sunday - Psalm 47:5
Monday - Matthew 24:31
Tuesday - Joshua 6:4-5
Wednesday - 1 Corinthians 15:52
Thursday - Numbers 10:1-2
Friday - Leviticus 23:23-24
Saturday - 1 Thessalonians 4:16
Leviticus 16:21-22
Leviticus 23:26-32
Psalm 103:10-12
Romans 4:7
2 Corinthians 5:21
Hebrews 9:7-12
Hebrews 9:28
ATONEMENT - to make right
In Bible times people did bad things, too. And these bad things always made God sad. So, God set a special time when His people could make things right with Him. We call this the Day of Atonement.
God gave the High Priest some very special things to do in the Temple on the Day of Atonement. God told him to take a bath and put on a white linen robe before he could go in a special room that was called the Holy of Holies. The High Priest was to take a bullock and make an atonement for his sins and his families’ sins – for all the bad things they had done. Next God told the High Priest to take a goat and make an atonement for all the people’s sins, for their neighbors, their families, and everyone who lived in their country.
Then the High Priest came out into the courtyard where there was another goat. God said, “Lay your hands on this goat’s head.” The high priest told God all the bad things the people had done. Then another man took this goat far, far away into the wilderness and let it go. This was like taking all the bad things we’ve done so far away that God can’t see them. God said this service was to be done in the Temple every year.
How is this day different from the Passover? Jesus died for your sins on the Passover. We keep the Day of Atonement because we want God to forgive our bothers, our sisters, our friends and our nation of all the bad things they have done. If we want God to forgive us, we must tell Him that we’ve done bad things, and ask Him to forgive us.
On the Day of Atonement we are not to do any work. We go to church and thank God for forgiving our sins.
Sunday - Leviticus 23:27-28
Monday - Hebrews 9:7
Tuesday - Hebrews 9:11-12
Wednesday - Hebrews 9:28
Thursday - Leviticus 16:21-22
Friday - 2 Corinthians 5:21
Saturday - Psalm 103:10-12
Leviticus 23:33-43
Leviticus 23:41
Deut. 16:13-17
2 Corinthians 5:1-4
Hebrews 11:9-10
2 Peter 1:13-14
BOOTH - a house made from branches that won’t last
SLAVES - people who are owned by another person to be their servant
The Day of Atonement had just passed and Mommy told Amy to help pack her suitcase. “Why, Mommy? Amy asked. “Because it’s time to go to the Feast of Tabernacles,” Mommy said.
“Mommy, why do we always leave our nice home and go some place else for the Feast of Tabernacles?” “Amy, because God tells us in the Bible to leave our homes and go where God’s people are. He says we should leave our home every year for seven days and go someplace else to live.”
“Isn’t our house good enough?” Amy asked. “Yes, Amy, but God has a lesson He wants us to learn.” “What’s that lesson, Mommy?” Amy asked.
“God wants us to learn that nothing in this world will last forever. If you drop a plate, it breaks. The clothes you’re wearing, will wear out. Even the trees and grass will die someday. Nothing in this world lasts forever.” Mommy explained.
“God puts us on this earth to live for a while. The lesson He wants us to learn at the Feast of Tabernacles is that we’re Just Passing Through and won’t last forever either. God has something waiting for us that is much better than all the things we see around us. Look at your hands, your feet and your body. Don’t you like them? Well, God has a new body waiting for us that will be much better than the one we have now.”
Some day, Jesus will come back to this earth and set up His Kingdom. It will be such a beautiful, peaceful place in which to live. No one will ever be sick. No one will die. Everyone will live forever. Jesus wants you to live with Him forever in His Kingdom. We go to the Feast of Tabernacles to remember that we’re Just Passing Through. But God has something much better for us if we will love Him and obey Him. “Amy, start packing now so we can go to the Feast of Tabernacles and celebrate.” God wants us to have a joyful time. But He also wants us to know that He has his Kingdom waiting for us. When we’re in God’s Kingdom, we will last forever.
Sunday - Leviticus 23:33-34
Monday - Leviticus 23:42-43
Tuesday - Deuteronomy 16:13-14
Wednesday - 2 Corinthians 5:1-2
Thursday - Hebrews 11:9-10
Friday - 2 Peter 1:13-14
Saturday - 2 Corinthians 5:3-4
Leviticus 23:36
Isaiah 65:20
Mark 10:15
John 7:37-39
Revelation 20:13-14
Revelation 21:1-6
Revelation 21:2
PASS AWAY - disappear
Do you remember how many days God said that we are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles? He told us to celebrate it for seven days! But did you know that we always stay at the Feast for eight days? Do you know why that is? God wants you to celebrate one more Feast – it’s The Greatest Day of all.
Do you remember that God’s Kingdom is going to come to this earth and you will live with your Friend Jesus? It will be such a beautiful, wonderful Kingdom that will last for 1,000 years. Now that’s a long, long time. But what happens then?
Have you ever looked up at the beautiful blue sky and wondered will the sky ever go away? The time will come when God will send down a new heaven and a new earth that will last forever! A new city of Jerusalem, as pretty as a beautiful bride all dressed for her wedding will come down. God is making that city just for us.
At that time, a loud voice will be heard from God’s throne in heaven. It will say that God is coming to live with us. God is Jesus’ Father and He’s our Heavenly Father too. We will not only live with our Friend Jesus, we will also live with our Heavenly Father.
When this happens, there will be no more death, no more crying, no more pain. You won’t skin your knee or break your arm any more. Can you imagine how happy everyone will be? We’ll never get old or die. No one will ever do anything bad.
Do you want to be in that beautiful city and live forever? Then you must love and obey God. Isn’t the Last Great Day a wonderful day to celebrate? It’s The Greatest Day of all.
Sunday - Leviticus 23:36
Monday - Mark 10:15
Tuesday - Isaiah 65:20
Wednesday - John 7:38
Thursday - John 7:39
Friday - Revelation 20:13
Saturday - Revelation 20:14
Exodus 20:3
Deuteronomy 4:2
Deut 12:28-32
Deuteronomy 12:32
Joshua 1:7
RESURRECTED - to come back to life
GODDESS - a woman who is not the true God
HEATHEN - people who do not believe in the true God
God made many different kinds of people. Some are black, some are yellow, some are brown and some are white. These people worship God in many different ways. God gave us the Bible and said “I want you to worship me just like I tell you. There is a right way to worship me and there is a wrong way to worship me. I don’t want you to worship me like the heathens did. They used ways and things to worship me that I don’t like.”
God wants you to celebrate and have a lot of fun. But He wants you to do it like the Bible says. He wants you to follow His rules because they are good for you. He gave us seven holy days to celebrate every year. Do you remember what they are? They are the Days of Unleavened Bread, The Feast of Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Tabernacles, and the Last Great Day. He also gave us the Passover that He wants us to keep as well.
A long, long time ago there was a goddess named Easter. Just about the time of the Passover ever year, heathens had a feast to Easter. They hid colored eggs in the grass, around trees and in other hiding places. Children thought it was a lot of fun to find these hidden eggs. Then bunny rabbits were added to this celebration. This feast to Easter was celebrated a long, long time before Christ was born. After Jesus died, people kept celebrating this feast. They said that it was the day Jesus was resurrected. But Jesus was not resurrected on Easter Sunday. And God doesn’t want us to take a day the heathens used in their worship to worship Him. The Bible says that is wrong.
So when you see children finding Easter eggs and putting them in their basket, don’t say bad things about them. But remember, God doesn’t want you to do what they are doing.
Sunday - Deuteronomy 4:2
Monday - Deuteronomy 12:28
Tuesday - Deuteronomy 12:29
Wednesday - Deuteronomy 12:30
Thursday - Deuteronomy 12:31
Friday - Deuteronomy 12: 32
Saturday - Joshua 1:7
Isaiah 50:10
Romans 13:12-14
Ephesians 5:11-14
Philippians 4:8
1 Peter 3:14
1 Peter 5:5
1 John 1:5
EVIL - bad
Are you afraid of the dark? Do you see things on television that scare you? Have you ever waked up from a bad dream because you were afraid? God says, “Do not be afraid.” God is love and He wants you to be safe and happy.
God loves beauty. Look at the birds in the sky. Aren’t they beautiful. Have you ever seen a humming bird getting nectar from a flower? God made the humming bird and the flower. And He made both of them very beautiful. The trees are beautiful. The lakes are beautiful. And the mountains are beautiful. God made this world beautiful. He didn’t put ugly, scary things in this world.
A long, long time ago, Halloween started as a celebration of very bad, ugly things. It celebrated cold, darkness and death. Do you like to be cold? We don’t like to think about darkness and death. Halloween costumes are made to look like dead skeletons, Dracula, or all kinds of things with scary faces. Do you think this makes God happy?
Halloween is a day when people think they can be as bad as they want to be. They think evil things are fun. But God doesn’t think evil is fun. He always sees what we are doing.
Jesus never went trick or treating. He always did good things for others. Don’t you want to be like our Friend Jesus? Halloween is not a day God’s people celebrate. He doesn’t want us dressing up in scary costumes. He wants us to be in His Kingdom. Then He will put a beautiful costume on all the people who love and obey Him. We will not be afraid or scared. We’ll be so happy in His beautiful Kingdom.
Sunday - Romans 13:12
Monday - Romans 13:14
Tuesday - Ephesians 5:11
Wednesday - Ephesians 5:12
Thursday - Ephesians 5:13
Friday - Ephesians 5:14
Saturday - 1 Peter 5:5
Deut 12:4, 30-32
Jeremiah 10:1-6
Matthew 19:17
John 1:1-14
John 3:16
John 8:31-32
James 1:17
FABLE - an untrue story that is made up
Chad rushed into the house crying. Mommy wanted to know what was wrong. Chad told her that Brad, his friend next door, had told him that Santa Claus didn’t come down his chimney and bring him gifts because he was a bad boy.
Mommy pulled Chad up into her lap and told him that he was not a bad boy. “You go to Sabbath School every week. You always learn your memory verse. Your daddy and I kneel with you every day and we all pray. You feed the dog every day and give him fresh water. You make your bed and help with the chores every day. Chad, I think you are a very good boy,” Mommy said.
“Then why doesn’t Santa come down my chimney and bring me gifts,” Chad asked.
Mommy explained to Chad that Santa isn’t a real person, that he is a fable.
“Mommy, what’s a fable?”Chad asked. Mommy told him that a fable is a story that isn’t true. There is no Santa and he doesn’t go down Brads chimney either. His mother and daddy give him the gifts he thinks Santa is bringing him. The men you see in the mall or on television, who are playing like they are Santa, have great big fat bellies. They’re much too fat to come down a chimney. The chimney would be so hot they would get burned.
“Mommy, since Santa isn’t real, is it wrong to play like there is a Santa?”
Mommy answered, “Yes Chad, it’s wrong because that would be saying that an unreal person gives you your gifts. That’s not true. God gives us everything we have. God gave you the trike you got last year at the Feast. He gave you all the toys you have in your room. He gave us feast days to celebrate that tell the truth and make us happy. We shouldn’t celebrate days that don’t tell the truth. God is so good! Isn’t He Wonderful?
Sunday - Deuteronomy 12:4
Monday - Jeremiah 10:1-6
Tuesday - John 8:31-32
Wednesday - John 1:1-7
Thursday - John 1: 8-14
Friday - Matthew 19:17
Saturday - John 3:16
