NT23DL SHADOW OF GOOD THINGS TO COME, Old Covenant to New Covenant

Hebrews 10:1 tells us that “The Law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming.”  Children follow the shadow from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant, tracking important people along the way on a Bible timeline.  Through this unit children discover that even as God gave Moses, King David, and King Solomon plans for the tabernacle and temple, God had already planned for a New Covenant through God’s Son, Jesus.  In the Game Workshop children learn that God gave Moses instructions for building the tabernacle, a dwelling place for God among God’s people.  Children play a Furnish the Tabernacle game and Tabernacle Memory game through which the purpose of each tabernacle furnishing and how it points to the New Covenant through Jesus is described.  In the Movie Workshop children unroll a scroll showing instructions God gave King David and King Solomon for building the temple.  They view the grandeur of the temple through a movie and using a worksheet, compare the Old covenant and New Covenant through Jesus.  In the Storytelling Workshop children learn about renewal as they follow King Josiah to the temple ruins where he rediscovers the Law.  In the Mission Workshop children learn how Nehemiah, a Jew in exile in Babylon, returns to Jerusalem to rebuild the wall around the temple.  Following Nehemiah’s actions of “see a need, pray, act,” children initiate a blanket making mission project called Project Nehemiah.  In the Puppet Workshop children explore shadows as they watch a shadow puppet show and learn that Jesus is the Lamb of God.  In the Cooking Workshop children discover through Scripture that their bodies are God’s temple in the New Covenant.  They are asked the question – “If your body is God’s home, how then should you live?”  Two recipes have them filling ice cream cones with vastly different ingredients creating a visual depiction of living by the Fruits of the Spirit.