Dear Parents,
We trust you are well and kept by the grace of God. This week we continue the lesson on The Birth Of A Prophet. Please let your child/children take out their Bible and read the scripture aloud and then fill in the blanks given here below.
With Christian love and respects.
Continuation of
The Birth of a Prophet:
After Zechariah, the priest had a visitation from the Angel Gabriel, his wife Elisabeth fell pregnant and
she hid herself for 5 months… (let’s say she might have been shy being old to be expecting a baby).
Now before her 9 months were completed for the baby to come… something remarkable happened to
a young girl in Nazareth, another part of the country. Let’s read further:
Passage B
MARY HAS A VISITATION FROM THE ANGEL GABRIEL
READ ALOUD: LUKE 1:26-44, 56 then fill in the missing words below:
In the………………..month, the Angel Gabriel was again sent by………………..to Mary who was a young girl or virgin. She was………………..to Joseph, a devout, godly man. She too was afraid of the presence of the Angel and the Angel’s greeting. After the Angel reassured her, he told her that:
1. “Mary, you are blessed by God and highly favoured amongst all………………..”
2. And you will bear a Son, and you shall call his name………………..
3. He shall be great and The Son of the Highest; He shall be given the throne of His father,………………..
and of his kingdom shall there be………………..
Mary said to the Angel… How can this be? Since I am not married and have not been with a man?
The Angel explained to her that The………………..will come over her and she shall bring forth The Son of God.
Mary’s response was nothing doubting… She answered BE………………..She accepted the truth of the Word. She accepted the Word of The Angel.
The Angel Gabriel also told her that her cousin Elisabeth, who is called barren and could not have a baby, her being old, is now also expecting a baby.
FOR WITH GOD………………..
Passage C
MARY TAKES HER NEWS TO… TO HER COUSIN ELISABETH
READ ALOUD: LUKE 1:39-45
Mary immediately packed her bags and hastily went into the Judean hills to visit her cousin Elisabeth. Now Elisabeth’s baby had not moved in her womb as yet and this was the sixth month already.On her arrival, Mary told Elisabeth of the Angel’s visitation and what he had told her; that she herself also was to become a mother. “O!”’, said Elizabeth are you and Joseph married already?” Mary replied, “ No… But I will have a Son and his name shall be called Jesus”. When the Name of Jesus was spoken by Mary,(that was the first time it was spoken by human lips) , Elizabeth’s baby who was in her womb for six months and never moved before,………………..for joy and received the Holy Ghost in his mother’s womb.
Afterwards Mary stayed with Elisabeth for 3 months and then returned to her own house.
Passage D
A PROPHET IS BORN… CALLED JOHN
LET’S READ ALOUD: LUKE 1:57-64
Elisabeth gave birth to her son. On the………………..day, everyone expected the baby to be named
Zechariah after his Father. But the old priest, because he was still dumb, had to write on a………………..that his name is John. Then only could Zechariah speak again, as the Angel Gabriel had foretold.
Following lessons:
1. Answers to Questions above
2. Summary or Important Points to remember of the Birth of A Prophet
3. Introduction to What is a Prophet? And the Old Testament Prophets.
The End