This is the last lesson for the Life of Jesus series! There is a new Flow Chart that discusses Heaven with scriptures and Lift-the-Flap fill in the blank answers.
After Jesus died
on the cross, Jesus rose out of the tomb, just like He said He would. The
scriptures for this lesson are Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:14-20; Luke 24:36-53;
John 20:30-31; John 21, Acts 1:1-11. There
are a lot of scriptures listed since all four gospels need to be put together
to have all the facts.
Jesus met with His Disciples and
at first, they were scared. Until Jesus showed them His hands and feet and let
His Disciples touch Him! Jesus had to prove to them that He really did live
again! (Mark 16:14)
Jesus spent some time with His
Disciples. He gave them an understanding of the Old Testament. (Luke 24:44-45)
Jesus told them that they needed to understand the laws and prophecies. Jesus
also wanted them to understand repentance and remission of sins. They were to
start in Jerusalem and be His witnesses to the things that Jesus told them and
the things that they had seen. (Luke 24:46-48) The Disciples would get the
power from the Holy Spirit, which we will learn more about in next week's
lesson. (Luke 24:49)
The Disciples are waiting to see
Jesus again, and Peter decided that he is going fishing. Six other Disciples
tell him they will go also. (Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, the brothers:
James & John and two more Disciples not named) (John 21:1-3)
They are
at the Sea of Galilee. They are fishing all night but they do not catch any
fish. In the morning, there was a man on the shore and they didn’t know who He
was. He asked them if they had any food and they said no. He told them to “Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” (John 21:6) When they tried to pull up the net, it was so full of fish, they couldn’t pull up the net! (another miracle)
Once they landed on shore, they saw a fire with fish laid on it and there was bread also. Jesus told them to “Bring some of the fish you just caught.” Simon Peter went over and dragged the net onto land. It was full of large fish! There was 153 fish and the net wasn’t torn! Jesus told them to “Come and eat breakfast!”
When they went over to Jesus, He gave them bread and fish to eat. This is the third time that Jesus showed Himself to the Disciples after He rose from the dead. (John 21:14)
Some days later, the eleven Disciples went to Galilee to the mountain where Jesus told them to go. (Matthew 28:16; Mark 16:14) Judas wasn't there, since he betrayed Jesus for the 30 pieces of silver. (Matthew 28:16-20) They were sitting around a table, and Jesus told them that they should have had more faith in Him. (Mark 16:14) Jesus said that He has all authority and He told them to "Go, make disciples of all nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Teach them to observe all things I have told you." Jesus also told them that He would always be with them. (Matthew 28:19-20) Jesus said that whoever believes and is baptized will be saved. (Mark 16:16)
Forty days after the resurrection of Jesus, (Acts 1:3) He talked to His Disciples, and after Jesus was done speaking, He was taken up into Heaven behind the clouds and sat on the right hand of God. (Mark 16:19-20)
There were two men in white clothes standing beside the Disciples. The two men asked them "Why are you staring at heaven where Jesus went? Someday, Jesus will return the same way that He left." And they went to Jerusalem worshipping and praising Jesus.
John also tells us that we are not told everything that Jesus did. He said that if everything was written down for us, there wouldn't be enough books to hold it all! (John 21:25)
I collected sticks for the students to “cook” foam (or cardstock) fish (Accucut jumbo fish) over the fire like Jesus did. I also had a basket of bread to eat. ( I handed out round crackers and goldfish... Happy time! They love snacks and they are rare in my class!)
Picture on left: I have been using the blow up fire found here for my class. I needed something quick and easy for my Wednesday night class and I found this one. They love it just as much and it is so much easier to use! And, I don't have kids knocking the parts over.
We gathered around the campfire for the Bible lesson, then did our worksheet and craft at the table.
This week's printable is a Flow Chart that discusses heaven.
There are scriptures to look up and fill in the blank questions. This is mostly
to reinforce that God created heaven and Jesus is there waiting for us. Kids
love lift-the-flaps and this can be used for heaven discussion starters. You
can print it in color or black & white. Click here to download.
Click on the picture to see a
condensed lesson with more visual ideas and projects.
This download has been updated to be able to glue Jesus back to back (2 per page).

This is an idea that you can use for this lesson. Jesus told the Disciples to go teach. Jesus also them that He would make them fishers of men. This is a good project to help explain what Jesus meant. There are several printing choices. You can see them here. This download has been updated to be able to glue Jesus back to back (2 per page).
Click
here to print Jesus in color.

Bible verse: Mark 16:15
Scripture taken from the New
King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
Used by permission.

The photo images are property of www.freebibleimages.org
(Used with permission)
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