GOD SPEAKS THROUGH JEREMIAH (054-Stories from the Bible)

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GOD SPEAKS THROUGH JEREMIAH

A Warning Rejected

Once again the children of Israel were serving idols. God sent many prophets to them, but they ignored them and would not repent. Jeremiah was one of God’s prophets. Because he had preached against the people’s sin, they put him in prison.

Jeremiah could not go into the house of the Lord. So he sent for Baruch his secretary. Baruch was to write down the message that Jeremiah had received from the Lord. Jeremiah hoped the people would hear the prophecies, cry to God for mercy, and forsake their sinful ways.

Baruch wrote God’s message on a scroll. He read it in Jerusalem to a crowd who had gathered for a day of fasting. He read about terrible times ahead, when God would punish them for their sins. Jerusalem would be broken down. Their beautiful temple and their houses would be burned. The people would be marched away as slaves to a strange land.

Baruch also read this message of grace, “If you are sorry for your sin and start obeying God, these things will not happen.”

The princes of Judah were frightened when they heard God’s Word. They said, “The king must hear this message.” They told Baruch that he and the prophet should hide, while they read the scroll to King Jehoiakim.

The scroll was read to the king while he sat beside his fireplace. Every time three or four pages had been read, the king cut them out with his penknife and threw them into the fire. The princes begged him not to burn God’s Word, but he continued until all of the scroll was destroyed. He was not afraid of all the trouble that was coming. Instead, he was angry with Jeremiah and with Baruch. He sent his servants to seize them, but the Lord had hidden them.

Then the Lord commanded Jeremiah to write another scroll, adding even more curses. King Jehoiakim could burn Jeremiah’s scroll, but he could not destroy the Word of God. Likewise, men today can burn a Bible, but they can never destroy its message!

Jeremiah 36

Caption: King Jehoiakim angrily burns the pages of God’s message to His people.

Parents:       And they shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. (Ezekiel 6:10)

Children:    1. Who told Jeremiah what to write?

2. How did the king destroy the scroll?

3. Why did the king hate Jeremiah?

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(-Stories by Ura Millar)

ISAIAH-GOD'S PROPHET (053-Stories from the Bible)

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ISAIAH—GOD’S PROPHET

A Vision From Heaven

 At a time of great trouble in Israel, God raised up Isaiah, one of the greatest prophets who ever lived. He wrote the Book of Isaiah, which is a part of the Bible. Isaiah has been called the prince of prophets because of his powerful descriptions of God’s justice and plan of redemption. The great prophecies of the coming Messiah, the Lord Jesus, are the crowning of his book.

If we remember that Isaiah lived at a time of wicked rulers, it will help us understand why he wrote as he did. Notice these words describing Israel: “Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters.”

He pronounced a woe, or curse, upon those who were corrupt. Some said evil was good, and good was evil. They called darkness light and light darkness. They accepted bribes to excuse criminals, but condemned the righteous.

Isaiah also wrote about himself and the vision he had. He saw the Lord sitting upon the throne of the universe, dressed in His royal robes. Above Him were heavenly beings with six wings. They were flying about and saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord.”

This vision helped Isaiah realize anew that God Himself was on the throne! We also need to be reminded again and again that God is still in control of this world. Earthly rulers rise and fall, but God reigns forever.

Having seen God in His holiness, Isaiah cried, “Woe is me! I am undone! I am a man of unclean lips.” Then a heavenly being touched Isaiah’s lips with a live coal, and said, “Now you are clean.”

Isaiah brought courage and hope to anyone who would obey the Lord. He promised that someday God would raise up a Deliverer. His name would be Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. He also wrote, “The ransomed of the Lord shall come with songs and everlasting joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” (Isaiah 35:10)

 Isaiah 1; 6; 9

Caption: Isaiah has a vision of the Holy One in heaven.

Parents:       Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. (Psalm 123:1)

Children:    1. Who was Isaiah?

2. Who did Isaiah see seated on the throne?

3. How did Isaiah feel when he saw God’s holiness?

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(-Stories by Ura Millar)

HAMAN'S EVIL PLOT (052-Stories from the Bible)

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*n}.pQn]' Apum],Tut],Aw]mL;nG];Tm],mkYam];lik]:'* ekL.tqm]: - AiUw];rL;milL.'*

HAMAN’S EVIL PLOT

Esther Speaks for her People

After Esther had become queen, King Ahasuerus honored Haman, one of his aides, and set him above all the princes. He commanded all the palace servants to bow before Haman. But Mordecai the Jew, who worshiped only God, refused to bow to him. Outraged, Haman told the king, “There is a certain race of people scattered throughout your kingdom that refuses to obey the king’s laws. If it pleases the king, let a law be made that these Jews be destroyed.”

The king agreed to this request, and it was decided that all the Jews would be killed on a certain day. He gave Haman his ring to seal the new law. Soon many copies of it were rushed all over Persia. Then Haman celebrated by drinking wine with the king. But neither the king nor Haman knew that Queen Esther was a Jew.

The Jews were stunned when they heard of the terrible new law. Mordecai mourned openly in the city of Shushan. He told Esther to go and ask the king for mercy, even though she would be risking her life. “Who knows,” he said, “maybe God has brought you into the palace for such a time as this!”

After three days of fasting, Queen Esther dressed in her royal robes and went to the king. Would he condemn her to death for coming without being called? No, Ahasuerus welcomed her to him. Instead of making her real request known right away, she merely invited the king and Haman to a banquet she had planned.

How honored Haman felt! He boasted about it to his wife Zeresh. “But all this does me no good,” he said, “as long as I see Mordecai refusing to bow to me!”

“Well,” suggested Zeresh, “prepare a gallows for Mordecai. In the morning ask the king to let you hang him on it.”

King Ahasuerus knew that his queen had some special favor to ask. The second day at the banquet he said, “Tell me, what is your wish?”

Esther replied, “I only ask for my life and the lives of my people, for we are about to be killed by this wicked Haman.”

When the king heard this, he was furious with Haman. One of his servants said, “Haman has planned to hang Mordecai on a seventy-five foot gallows.”

“Hang Haman on it,” the king thundered. So Haman was hanged on his own gallows.

Esther 3-8

Caption: Esther saves the Jews by revealing Haman’s plot.

Parents:       For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. (Luke 12:2)

Children:    1. Who wanted to destroy all the Jews?

2. How did Esther help her people?

3. How was Haman punished?

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(-Stories by Ura Millar)

Words of the God of all comfort

 ^{When Jesus comforts the sisters and raises Lazarus from the death,}

²³ Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; ²⁶ and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

⁴⁰ Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

⁴⁹ ……., Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up,......, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, ⁵² and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one. (John 11:23,25-26,40,49-52, NIV)

²⁵ Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.(John 21:25,NIV)

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ESTHER-THE JEWESS (051-Stories from the Bible)

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  Pgc];nn].'nac];ehLKm];wqt].StI:n}.ekL:hQt];pg};pL,tI:ekYL,pn]nac];yic];nG];ehLKm];Kw]nn].nc],kaw],"miUw]:wn];liun];Sut];pac]pg};nn].mn];l}:hp].lik]:SL,mn],nG];ehLSc],hgc].mL;yw]."Kun]ehLKm];n}.'kin]nm].lw]:wa},siUw];nn].mw];lium];tUw]lium];Kic];w}.eSmn];KG]:Entac];hac]:lIem;nac];mn];tI:kUn];sa};siUw];mI;sgm];mn];nn].'wL:n}"nac];ehLKm];wqt].StI;n}.Sm].Am],KG]:lium];ekY;sU;eSkGL,hQt];siUc].nn]"mn];nac];TQc]pqt]:eSAm],Kam],Kw]:sU;Kun]ehLKm];"

 

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  liun];Sut];mL;nn].'epL;tUk];km];PG]ekL:nac];Saw]ekL.nn].l}:Kw]:sU:Kun]ehLKm];km];ekL.ekL."Kw]tc];nm]ygn];mI;KiUc]:tiuw];KiUc]:hg}:Agn],'El:KUw];nuc]:tc];m}hac]:lIAn]liUw]mn];wL:n}ekL:'Aqt].StL;Et.Am],ygn];"tac];Siuw]:yUw];Agn],mn];nac];n}.hQt];hG]:mn];nac];hac]:lIliUw]eSkU:pgk]:w}."miUw]:Kun]ehLKm];hn]mn];nac];n}.'mn];hk].mn];nac];;tgn];liUw]nac];Saw]tac],siUw];yw]."Kun]ehLKm];Aw]pan];kum];SrPU,sw]:Kun]nG];ehLtiuw];pn]mn];nac];"hQt];nn]eSAqt].StL;yic];Pan]AU:Pan]Em:n}.l}:pQn]mL;nac];ehLKm];Aqt].StL;yw].eAL:"

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       2. pQn]lgc]:AI:Sc]hQt];hG]:Kun]ehLKm];sG]lm]?

       3. kgp]:Sc]El:Kun]ehLKm];liUk]:Aw]Aqt].StL;?

*n}.pQn]' Apum],Tut],Aw]mL;nG];Tm],mkYam];lik]:'* ekL.tqm]: - AiUw];rL;milL.'*

ESTHER—THE JEWESS

The King Chooses a new Queen

Esther was a Jewish orphan who lived in the land of Persia. Her parents, along with many other Israelites, had been brought there years before as captives.

One day the Persian governors, aides, and army officers came to the palace at Shushan for a long holiday. King Ahasuerus wanted to dazzle them with all his splendor and wealth. The final week of merrymaking was spent on feasting and drinking royal wine.

Meanwhile Queen Vashti also gave a party for the women of the palace. On the last day of the feast she received a royal summons. The king, giddy from all the wine, wanted to show off her beauty to the men with him. Queen Vashti did not want to disgrace herself in this way. She refused to come to the king.

This made the king furious. He asked, “What shall we do with a queen who dares to disobey the king?”

Memucan, one of the king’s wise men, answered, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only you, the king, but also every citizen of your empire. Women everywhere will begin to disobey their husbands when they hear about this. Therefore banish Vashti from your presence and choose another queen more worthy than her.”

Immediately Ahasuerus followed this advice. But after his wrath had cooled, he began brooding over the loss of Queen Vashti. So his aides suggested, “Let us bring together the most beautiful virgins from your empire. The girl who pleases you most shall be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice also pleased the king, and he agreed to the plan.

Esther was one of the many beautiful girls brought to the king. After her parents had died, her cousin Mordecai had raised her as his own daughter. Every day Mordecai went to the palace to see how Esther was doing.

Finally each girl in her turn went in to the king. Many had requested extra trinkets and finery, but not Esther. Her very simplicity only brought out her beauty more than ever. When the king saw Esther, he loved her above all the other virgins. The king set the royal crown upon her head. So Esther the orphan became Esther the queen.

Esther 1-2

Caption: The king places the royal crown on Esther’s head.

Parents:       He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. (Proverbs 21:21)

Children:    1. Who was Esther?

2. What made the king angry?

3. Why did the king choose Esther?

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(-Stories by Ura Millar)

JEHOSHAPHAT'S SINGING ARMY (050-Stories from the Bible)

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JEHOSHAPHAT’S SINGING ARMY

A Choir Wins a Battle

Jehoshaphat was a wise and strong king of Judah. He served the Lord with all his heart. He got rid of all the idols in the land and sent priests throughout the country to teach the people God’s Law.

Then Jehoshaphat heard that the Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites had banded together against him. They were encamped with a great army near the Dead Sea. Because of this, frightened families from all the cities of Judah came together to seek the Lord. In utter dependence upon the Lord, they fasted and prayed at the temple, seeking an answer from Him. Jehoshaphat stood among them and led his people in fervent prayer.

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel, one of the Levites. He said, “Do not fear this great host, for the battle is not yours, but the Lord’s. Be faithful, stand still, and see how the Lord will save you.” This brought great comfort to everyone.

Early in the morning Jehoshaphat praised God for the victory that would be won that day. He asked the people about sending a choir ahead of their army. Everyone agreed and singers were appointed for the choir.

Have you ever heard of an army led by singers marching toward the enemy? Can you imagine hearing all those voices echoing throughout the valley!

At the first sounds of singing and praising, the Lord set ambushes against the Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites. The Ammonites and Moabites became so confused that they destroyed the Edomites, then continued destroying each other.

By the time the singing army arrived they found only dead bodies. There was no need to fight, just as the Lord had said. For three days they gathered the riches, jewels, and other spoils. On the fourth day they blessed their God and returned to Judah and Jerusalem with great joy.

2 Chronicles 20

Caption: The Lord gives victory to Jehoshaphat’s singing army.

Parents:       O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever. (Psalm 107:1)

Children:    1. Did Jehoshaphat serve the Lord?

2. Who marched in front of the army?

3. How was the enemy destroyed?

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(-Stories by Ura Millar)