AwJdr86NhbM...1 OT5.4 Contest with Pharoah ©Beverly Wilson 2017 Unit 5: Life of Moses OT5.4 Contest...

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OT5.4 Contest with Pharoah ©Beverly Wilson 2017

Unit 5: Life of Moses OT5.4 Contest with Pharaoh Lesson

Scripture: Exodus 4-12

Lesson Goal: The Israelites were suffering as slaves in the land of Egypt. For forty years Moses had grown up as a prince in Egypt. His next 40 years he lived out in the wilderness in Midian as a shepherd tending sheep. But God had chosen him for a much bigger job. In this lesson we will see how God's power gave Moses confidence to face Pharaoh. We will learn that nothing can defeat God's power!

Introduction: This is the fourth lesson in Unit 5: Life of Moses. The Israelites were suffering as slaves in the land of Egypt. In this lesson we will see how God's power gave Moses confidence to face Pharaoh. We will learn that nothing can defeat God's power! The lesson is found in the second book of the Bible called Exodus. Exodus is in the Old Testament. Exodus is a word that means exit because it tells how Israel left Egypt. Exodus follows the Book of Genesis and is one of the books of Law. The books of the Law are the first five books in the Old Testament. Let's say the books of Law together: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Attention Getter: “Stubborn” What does it mean to be stubborn? A person who is stubborn is strong willed and refuses to listen and obey. They are hard to handle. Have you ever been stubborn? Stubbornness is a form of self-centeredness. A stubborn person wants something their own way and is unwilling to even listen to suggestions about doing it another! Today we are going to learn about a man who refused to listen to God. He was the Pharaoh of Egypt. His story is found in the book of Exodus. Optional: How strong are you? (Teacher should let the children respond.) Who is the strongest man in the world? How do you think he compares to the strength and power of God? In this lesson we are going to see just how strong our God is.)

Opening Prayer: “Lord, help us never to be as stubborn and strong willed as Pharaoh was. Help us to remember all the pain and sorry that he caused on himself and others because he refused to obey You. Help us believe in you and how remember how you have given us a way to escape the punishment of our sin. You sent your Son Jesus to died for us on the cross so we can go to heaven. Thank you for showing to us Your great Power to forgive sin. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”

Memory Verse: The memory verse is Exodus 13: 14 says, "With a mighty hand the Lord has brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery."

Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/AwJdr86NhbM In our last lesson we learned how God talked to Moses in the burning bush and had told him that he was the one He had chosen to lead the children of Israel out of slavery in Egypt. This was a big job and would mean that Moses would have to trust God to show his power. Because Moses was afraid, God gave him a helper in this job--his brother Aaron who was three years older. God told Aaron to go out into the desert and meet Moses at Mt. Sinai. Together they traveled to Egypt.

https://youtu.be/AwJdr86NhbM

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When Moses and Aaron arrived in Egypt they gathered together the leaders or elders of the Hebrews. They wanted to tell them the news that God was going to deliver them and lead them to the Promised Land. At first the elders were reluctant to believe but Moses performed the signs that God had told him to do when he spoke him from the burning bush. First he threw down his rod and it turned into a snake. Then he picked up the snake by its tail and it became a rod again. Next he placed his hand into his cloak. His hand became leprous. Then he put his hand back into his coat and it was healed. The miracles helped the elders believe! Now the elders knew that God had spoken to Moses. They were so glad that God had decided to free them from their slavery. They bowed down and worshipped God. Moses and Aaron were going to need lots of help from God to get this job done! Then Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "The God of Israel says, "Let my people go so they can worship me in the wilderness." Immediately Pharaoh got very angry. He demanded, "Who is the Lord that I should obey Him? I do not know the Lord and I will not let His people go." Then Moses and Aaron answered back to him. "If you don't obey God He may bring plagues." But Pharaoh thought that Moses and Aaron were just wanting to take the people away from their work. So the same day Pharaoh gave orders to the slave drivers to make the Hebrews work harder. He said, "You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks. Make them go and gather their own straw but require them to make the same number of bricks as before! They are lazy! Make them worker harder!" The Hebrew slaves became exhausted searching for straw and making bricks. When they could not make their quota the slave drivers beat them. Soon the Israelites cried out, "This is impossible we can't work this hard." But it did not do any good because the slave drivers just beat them harder! When the Hebrew leaders realized that they were in more trouble than ever, they went to Moses and Aaron. They complained and said, "May God judge you. You have made Pharaoh hate us and our lives are in danger." So Moses began to pray. He said to God, "Why have you brought trouble to these people? I spoke to Pharaoh in your Name but have not rescued them." God replied to Moses, "My mighty hand will drive the people out of Egypt. I keep my promises. I will take you as my people and I will be your God." Moses reported this to the Hebrew leaders but they were too discouraged by their bad treatment to listen to him. God told Moses and Aaron to visit Pharaoh again. "If the Hebrews won't listen to me, why should Pharaoh?" replied Moses. "Especially as I can't speak very well.” God told Moses that Aaron would be the spokesman. He warned that Pharaoh would not listen to them but God would bring plagues on the Egyptians until they let His people go. God wanted the Egyptians to know that it was His power that was bringing the judgment. Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83 when they spoke to Pharaoh. When Moses and Aaron went to see Pharaoh, he demanded that they show him a sign that their God was powerful. So Aaron threw down his staff in front of the Pharaoh and his officials and it became a snake! Pharaoh decided to show the power of his magicians and sorcerers so he called them to come and do the same thing! They threw down their staffs and their staffs also became snakes. But just when

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they thought they had won the contest. Aaron's snake swallowed up their snakes. This showed that God's power was stronger than their magic power! Despite seeing the great power of God Pharaoh refused to let the Hebrew slaves go--just as God had said he would. It was now time for God to show His power by bringing plagues on the Egyptians. God told Moses and Aaron to go down to the River Nile where Pharaoh went in the morning. They had a message from God to give to Pharaoh. They said, "The Lord, the God of the Hebrews has sent me to say to you. "Let my people go so they may worship me in the wilderness." But Pharaoh refused. So Aaron did what God had instructed and struck the River Nile with his staff. The water was changed to blood. The fish died and the Egyptians could not drink the water. With all the blood and dead fish the river smelled awful! Pharaoh's magicians did not want Aaron to outsmart them so they went down to the Nile River and did the same thing by their secret arts. Pharaoh refused to obey God and turned and went back to the palace. Several days later God told Moses to tell Aaron to stretch his staff over the streams, canals and ponds to make the frogs come out onto the land. Pharaoh's magicians used their secret power and were able to do the same thing! Frogs were everywhere! They were in the houses, in the ovens and the beds! Frogs frogs all over the place. They were even in the bread and food! So Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron to come to the palace. Pharaoh said, "Pray to your God to take the frogs away from my people and I will let your people go," promised Pharaoh. Moses replied, "So you will know there is no one like God, the frogs will leave you and your houses tomorrow. Moses prayed to God and He answered. Frogs died in the houses, courtyards, and fields. Dead frogs there piled into heaps and the smell was really bad. But when the Pharaoh saw that all the frogs were dead, he changed his mind! He broke his promise and refused to let the Hebrews go and worship God in the wilderness. So God told Moses to tell Aaron to strike the dust with his staff and the dust would become gnats! Pharaoh's magicians tried to do the same thing but they could not! The magicians then said, "This is the finger of God!" Gnats were everywhere. They were on people and animals. They were flying everywhere and people could not get rid of them! It was awful! But Pharaoh still had a hard heart! He refused to let the Hebrews go and worship God. He would not listen, just as the Lord had said. Then the Lord told Moses and Aaron, "Get up early in the morning and go down to the river. Tell Pharaoh that this is what I say, "Let my people go or I will send swarms of flies throughout the land." Moses and Aaron did what God said. Pharaoh said, "NO!" once again. Dense swarms of flies came into the palace and into the houses of the Egyptians. Nasty dirty flies were all over the Pharaoh's and Egyptian houses! But the flies stayed away from the Hebrew slaves! God wanted the Pharaoh to know that there was a difference between the Hebrews and the Egyptians. God was protecting His people! Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron to come to the palace. He said, "I will let you go and offer sacrifices to your God but you must stay right here in Egypt. Now will you pray to your God to stop these flies?" But Moses told the Pharaoh, "No, that would not be right. We must go into the desert for a three days journey." So the Pharaoh agreed to let them go--but not very far! So Moses prayed and the next day the flies left. But Pharaoh broke his promise and refused to let the Hebrew slaves go.

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Moses went to the Pharaoh again. He said, "If you don't let the people of Israel go and worship, tomorrow God will bring a terrible plague on your horse, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goat. But the livestock of the Israelite slaves will be spared!" The next day the livestock of the Egyptians died! What an awful smell all these dead animals made! Pharaoh sent out some men to investigate and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelite had died. But Pharaoh's heart was hardened. He still refused to let God's people go and worship Him in the wilderness. Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron. "Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the air in front of Pharaoh and tell him to let my people go!" Moses obeyed God and went to the Pharaoh. He said, "God say this soot will become a fine dust and people and animals will get festering boils. The sores will break out on all the men and animals throughout the land." Pharaoh's magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that broke out on them and the Egyptians. But Pharaoh would not listen to Moses and Aaron. He refused to let God's people go! God sent Moses to tell Pharaoh that he was going to show his power by sending the worst hailstorm Egypt had ever had. Anyone not inside his house would be risking their life! The officials of Pharaoh who feared God brought their families and animals indoors but those who ignored God stayed outside. Moses raised his staff and the worst hailstorm anyone had ever seen blew up! Lightning filled the skies and large hailstones came pounding down! The hail made a pounding sound as it hit the ground. It beat the limbs off the trees and made holes in the roofs of the houses. The hail destroyed the wheat and barley crops Those outside were killed. But the storm did not hit the slaves living in Goshen! They were safe and their house and animals were not hurt! This hail kept coming and coming so Pharaoh called to Moses and Aaron. He said, "This time I have sinned. The Lord is right and I and my people are wrong. Pray to the Lord, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go."Moses went out of the city and spread out his hands to God. The thunder and the hail stopped but when it all stopped--Pharaoh changed his mind AGAIN! He did not let the Israelites go as he had promised! He stubbornly refused to let God's people go. He thought he could defy God but God was not finished with him yet. God had already sent seven plagues on the Egyptians. Moses had another warning for Pharaoh, "How long are you going to refuse to humble yourself before God? If you refuse to let God's people go He will bring a plague of locust on the land--something your parents and ancestors have never seen. The locusts will destroy your crops and land." This time Pharaoh's officials advised him to let God's people go. Pharaoh then said, "Go worship the Lord your God but just who will be going?" Moses told him everyone would be going--all the families would worship God." But the Pharaoh only gave permission for the men to go and worship God. Then he ordered Moses and Aaron to get out of his presence. This was NOT what God wanted. He wanted all the Israelites to go. So He told Moses to stretch out his staff over Egypt and the Lord made an east wind to blow across the land to bring in a swarm of locust. They covered the ground and made it look black. They ate everything growing in the fields until nothing green remained on the plants or trees! "I have sinned against God," Pharaoh told Moses. "Forgive me once more and pray to God to take this deadly plague away." When Moses left Pharaoh and prayed the wind changed direction and blew west. It carried the locust into the Red Sea where they drowned! But AGAIN Pharaoh became stubborn and broke his promise. He refused to let God's people go and worship Him.

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Moses stretched out his hands and total darkness came over the land for three days. Only in Goshen where the Hebrew slaves lived was there light. The darkness was so thick the Egyptians could not see anyone else or move about! For three whole days the darkness lasted. Pharaoh summoned Moses one last time. He said, "Go..go worship you God. Take your women and children as well but you must leave your animals behind." Moses said, "We can't do that. Our animals must travel with us," insisted Moses. "Some are need to offer sacrifices to God." "Get out of my sight," ordered the Pharaoh. "Don't ever appear before me again, If you do, you will die." Just as you say, replied Moses. I won't appear again before you. But God has one more plague to send. This plague will be the worst of all! About midnight the firstborn son of every family and animal will die and there will be weeping and wailing everywhere except among God's people. Moses was red with anger. "Then your officials will come and bow before me and tell us to leave. Moses then turned and walked out of the palace. The Lord then told Moses to tell His people that on the tenth day of the month everyone who was head of a family was to sacrifice a lamb. Those who couldn't afford a lamb should join with a family that had one. The lambs must be one year old males without defect. They had to be perfect lambs!" God's people obeyed and each family sacrificed a lamb. God then told them to put some of the blood of the slain lamb into a basin. Then using a bunch of hyssop dipped in blood, they should smear the blood on the top and sides of the door frame of the house where they were going to eat the meat. God explained that on this night He was going to pass through the land to bring judgment. If He saw the blood on the doorposts of a house, He would pass over and those inside would be spared. So the Hebrews did as God instructed. That evening God's people got dressed and ready to leave Egypt and sat down for a meal. Later they would call this meal the Passover because God would pass over them! Moses explained that the Passover meal was to be celebrated every year. And when the children asked what it meant they were to explain its meaning and tell how God had spared those homes covered by the lamb and set His people free. At midnight the Lord passed over the land and the firstborn son of Pharaoh and every Egyptian family was found dead. The first born of every animal was slain too. There was weeping and wailing in every house except those houses with blood on the doorposts. That night Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron. He said, "Up, leave my people, you and your Israelites! Go worship the Lord God as you have asked. Take your families and animals with you. And please bless me!" God's people packed their belongings. The Egyptians were afraid they would all die so they gave them gifts of silver and gold. "Hurry and leave," they urged. God's people rushed off so quickly they did not have time to add yeast to the dough they had made for bread. They had been slaves for 430 years and now they were free! Just as God had promised! The contest was over! God had won! Why because He is all powerful! His power is stronger than any man or king! Exodus 13: 14 says, "With a mighty hand the Lord has brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery." Over and over again God showed Pharaoh how powerful and strong He is. But Pharaoh refused to humble himself before God. Let's say our verse again together. Exodus 13: 14 "With a mighty hand the Lord has brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery."

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God loved the Israelites and provided a way for them to escape the death penalty by applying the blood to the door frames. Not only would the blood of the lamb free them from death that night, but it would result in their freedom from slavery. God has provided a way for you to be protected from sin’s punishment. The Lord Jesus Christ, the perfect Son of God, died on the cross to take that punishment for you. He died and gave His life’s blood for your sin. Jesus Christ is "the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world." You must be willing to admit to God that you are a sinner. You must believe that the Lord Jesus died on the cross to take your punishment. If you believe with all your heart that the Lord Jesus died, giving His life’s blood for you, you can be saved from the punishment of your sin. Pharaoh was a stubborn man! He saw God’s great power, but he still refused to obey. But God kept giving Pharaoh many chances to do the right thing! We shouldn’t wait until a catastrophe forces us to make a decision to follow Jesus. We should choose to make Him our God and Savior today. Remember God's power is greater than anyone or anything!

Review Questions: “Friendly Feud” Preparation: Write the numbers of the following review questions on index cards. Shuffle cards. Stack cards with the face down in the center of the table. Place a ringer bell in the center of the table. Procedure: Say: “In this lesson Moses had a contest with Pharaoh’s magicians. God showed His power by giving victory to Moses and Aaron. Today we will have a “Friendly Feud” between two teams.” Divide class into two teams. Have children sit in rows or chairs facing each other. Place the game bell on a table between the two rows. Have the first person from each team come to the table. Have each contestant stand with one hand on the table and one hand behind his or her back. Take the first card from the stack and read that number of question. The first person to rind the bell may answer the question for 10 points. If he or she is wrong, the other contestant may answer the winning five points for his or her team. If neither contestant gets the answer, put the question at the bottom of the pile to be asked later. Repeat procedure until all players have had several turns.

1. What does it mean to be stubborn? (To be selfish and strong willed and to refuse to listen and obey.)

2. Why was Pharaoh stubborn? (Pharaoh himself was considered a god. He thought he was the most powerful being in the universe and he didn’t believe in God.)

3. How did God try to prove His mightiness to Pharaoh? (God showed His power by sending the plagues to Egypt.)

4. What was the first plague? (God turned the water into blood when Aaron’s rod touched the water.)

5. Why was turning the water into blood such a fearful thing for the Egyptians? (The Nile River was the main source of water supply and they depended upon it to water their crops and to drink from it.)

6. What was the second plague? (The second plague was frogs.) 7. Why did Pharaoh ask his magicians to make more frogs? Why didn’t he ask them to get rid of

the frogs? (The powers of Satan can’t come up with anything new on their own. All they can do is to try to imitate the things of God.)

8. What did Pharaoh’s hard heart and his refusal to obey God cause his people? (Pharaoh caused his people lots of pain and suffering.)

9. What was the third plague? (The third plague was lice.) 10. What did the magicians do when Moses and Aaron produced the lice? (They could not bring

forth the lice so they told Pharaoh that this was the work of God’s hand.) 11. What was the fourth plague? (The fourth plague was flies.)

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12. Where did the swarms of flies not go in Egypt? (The flies went everywhere except the land where the Israelites lived.)

13. What was the fifth plague? (God brought a terrible plague on all the domesticated animals-- horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goat. But the livestock of the Israelite slaves was spared!)

14. What was the sixth plague? (God caused soot to become a fine dust and people and animals got festering boils. The sores were on all the men and animals throughout the land.)

15. What was the seventh plague? (God sent a huge hail storm. The hail beat the limbs off the trees and made holes in the roofs of the houses. The hail destroyed the wheat and barley crops Those outside were killed. But the Israelites were safe and their house and animals were not hurt!)

16. What was the eighth plague? (God told Moses to stretch out his staff over Egypt and the Lord made an east wind to blow across the land to bring in a swarm of locust. They covered the ground and made it look black. They ate everything growing in the fields until nothing green remained on the plants or trees!}

17. What was the ninth plague? (God caused a deep darkness to fall over the land for three days. Only in Goshen where the Hebrew slaves lived was there light. The darkness was so thick the Egyptians could not see anyone else or move about!}

18. What was the tenth plague and why was it worst than all the others? (The tenth plague was the death of every firstborn son of all the Egyptian people and animals.)

19. What did the people of Israel have to do to get ready for this plague? (All the Israelites had to slay a lamb without blemish and prepare a special supper called the “Passover Meal.” They had to smear the blood on the top and sides of the door frame of the house where they were going to eat the meat.}

20. Why was putting the blood on the doorposts of the houses so important? (God’s death angel would see the blood on the doorposts and pass over that house and the firstborn sons would not die.)

21. What was the symbolism of the Passover Meal? (The Passover Meal was a picture of the death of Jesus Christ the Lamb of God for our sins. He passes over our sin and saves us so we can live forever with Him in eternity.)

22. What was special about the bread the Israelites took with them as they left Egypt? (It was unleavened or did not have any yeast. The Israelites were in such a hurry they did not have time to let the bread rise before they baked it.)

23. Why did God harden Pharaoh’s heart against the Israelites? (If Pharaoh let the people go right away, it would have been so easy for Moses to have taken the credit for leading the Israelites out of slavery. God wanted to prove His mighty power to both the Egyptians and to the children of Israel so that they would have no doubt that He is the only true God and Master of the universe.)

24. Why is it wrong to be stubborn? (It blinds you to the truth and it can cause pain and suffering to others. It’s a selfish attitude and God wants us to be “others” centered.)

25. When the son of the Pharaoh died what happened? (The Pharaoh sent word to Moses to tell the Israelites to leave Egypt with all their families and livestock.)

26. What did the people of Egypt do to the Israelites as they left? (All the people were so afraid that they gave the Israelites gifts from all the wealth of Egypt—gold and silver.)

27. What is today’s memory verse? What does it tell us about God? (Exodus 13:14 "With a mighty hand the Lord has brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery." God is very powerful! )

Bible Memory Verse Activity: “Bible Verse Leap Frog” Our memory verse is Exodus 13: 14 says, "With a mighty hand / the Lord has brought us / out of Egypt, / out of the land of slavery." Have students look up the verse in scripture and read orally together several times. Say: “Over and over again God showed Pharaoh how powerful and strong He is. But Pharaoh refused to humble himself before God. God won the contest! Why because He is all powerful! His power is stronger than any man or king! “

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Procedure: Before class write one phrase of the Bible verse on four different lily pads cut from construction paper. Tape one lily pad to each wall in your room. Cut out frogs and write one phrase of the verse on each frog. Make enough frogs so that each child in your class will have a complete Bible verse when you are finished. In class show the children the lily pads and tell them what they say. Tell the children that on the word go, they should each pick up one frog off the floor (from the lesson) and go to the wall with the lily pad that has the same word as the frog they picked up off the floor. When all the children have found the right wall, tell them that when you point to them they are to leap up into the air and say the word on their frogs. Start with the first phrase of the verse and go around the room. Once they get the idea, have them do it a little faster. When they are finished tell the children to find four frogs with each of the four phrases so that they have a complete Bible verse to take home and study.

Group Learning Activity: “Plague Concentration Cards” (Grades K-5) Purpose: To help students learn the plagues and to illustrate the power of God in setting the Israelites free from slavery. Preparation: Make two sets of note cards with the following words on each card: Water turned to blood, frogs, lice, flies, Diseased Livestock, Boils, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, Death of Firstborn for each group of two or three students. Make sure there are two matching cards for each of the plagues. OR print the template of the Plague Concentration cards below on poster board and cut apart. Print two sheets of cards for each set of students. Procedure: Divide students into groups of two or three children. Give each group a set of Plague Concentration cards. To set up

a game of concentration, first shuffle the cards well and then place each card face down. Each player takes a turn by turning two cards over. If the cards match, then the player picks up the cards and keeps them. If they don't match, the player turns the cards back over. Play game several times as time permits.

Say: “God used the plagues in Egypt to prove that He was greater than the gods of Egypt. If Pharaoh had let the people go right away, it would have been so easy for Moses to have taken the credit for leading the Israelites out of slavery. God wanted to prove His mighty power to both the Egyptians and to the children of Israel so that they would have no doubt that He is the only true God and Master of the universe.” “The last plague was the death of every firstborn of all the Egyptian people and animals. It was especially important because it symbolized to the Israelites and to us today about the coming of Jesus the Lamb of God who would take away the sins of the world. It was a picture of how Jesus died on the cross to give eternal life to those who believe in Him.

Group Learning Activity: “Passover Meal” Discussion (Grades 3-5) Preparation: Display pictures of the death of Jesus and the Passover Meal. Print the worksheet below for each student to talk about the Passover Meal. Procedure: Have students turn to John 19:31-36 and read passage aloud. Say: “This passage of scripture tells about the death of Jesus on the cross. Ordinarily a man who was punished by crucifixion had his legs broken to decrease the time he was alive on the cross. Jesus when He died did not have his bones broken. This was an important detail because Jesus was the Perfect Lamb of God. He

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was a fulfillment of the meaning of the lamb that was slain at the Passover Meal. The Passover Meal required that the lamb not have any blemish or that its bones were not broken. The Passover Meal began when Israel was led out of slavery in Egypt. “God loved the Israelites and provided a way for them to escape the death penalty by applying the blood to the door frames. Not only would the blood of the lamb free them from death that night, but it would result in their freedom from slavery. “God loves you, too. He created you and wants you to live with Him in heaven someday. But, God is holy, 100% perfect, and He cannot have sin in heaven. That is why He has made a way for you and me to escape the penalty of eternal death and be set free from the bondage of sin. His way is through the perfect Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29) “God has provided a way for you to be protected from sin’s punishment. The Lord Jesus Christ, the perfect Son of God, died on the cross to take that punishment for you. He died and gave His life’s blood for your sin. You must be willing to admit to God that you are a sinner. You must believe that the Lord Jesus died on the cross to take your punishment. If you believe with all your heart that the Lord Jesus died, giving His life’s blood for you, you can be saved from the punishment of your sin. “Every year the Jews celebrate the Passover. They never want to forget how they had been protected from death by the blood and set free from their slavery. Every firstborn child of the Egyptians died, but the Israelite children were spared because the blood of the lamb had been placed on their door frames. Each year the people pause to give thanks to God for saving them from death and bringing them out of a land of slavery.” As Christians, we should often look back on our salvation experience and say a “thank-You” prayer to God for setting us free from the bondage of sin. The Lord’s Supper is our Passover remembrance of our new life and freedom from sin.”

Group Learning Activity: “Plagues Bingo Game” (Grades K-5) Purpose: Review game for the 10 plagues of Egypt. Preparation: Print the bingo cards and 10 plagues dice (below) on poster board and glue together to make dice. Procedure: Review the names of the plagues of Egypt by calling out the name of the plagues that appear on the paper dice. Students place coins or markers on their cards to complete a line of four names. Conclude the review with the discussion in previous concentration game above. See the suggested discussion.

Group Learning Activity: “Moses, Plagues and Passover Drama” (Grades K-5) Purpose: Students will review the story of the Moses and the plagues, the greatness of God’s power, and the meaning of the Passover. Procedure: Review the history of Moses briefly. Say: “The Israelites have been slaves in Egypt and wish to leave, but the king of Egypt won’t release them. God has told Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and has promised to help him. Moses and his brother Aaron speak to the king requesting that the slaves be released from slavery, but the king refuses. Aaron performs the miracle of turning the Nile to blood; still the king is not convinced. Through 9 plagues the king’s heart is hardened and he refuses to let the Israelite people go. The plagues are blood, frogs, gnats, flies, dead animals, boils, hail, locusts, and darkness. Finally Moses warns the king that the Lord will pass through the land and every first born Egyptian will die. Still the king refuses to release the Israelites.”

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Have the children locate the scripture for this lesson (Exodus 12:21-42). Use volunteers to play the parts of the drama. Supply List: Blue towels and red streamers, Bread bowl, plastic or cardboard frogs, Paper shreds or confetti, Black paper scraps, fly swatter, tray; Large basket, stuffed animals; Sticky paper circles; Ping pong balls and poster board; Clothes pins painted green, fake tree or bush; Table cloth and table; White board and red marker; Carpet square or table and chairs for eating;Matzo and grape juice; Cups and napkins

The Plagues and the Passover The Israelites (the whole class except those being Pharaoh or God) say, "Will you let our people go?" Each time the king replies “No!” Blood plague: blue towels lined up to represent the Nile. Israelites: Will you let our people go? King: No! God: Then Moses will touch his stick to the water and the Nile will turn to blood. Children throw a red streamer into the Nile to represent blood. Frog plagues: Have a bag of small plastic frogs or cardboard pictures of frogs and a pillow and bowl. Israelites: Will you let our people go? King: No! God: Then there will be a plague of frogs. Frogs will be everywhere, in your food bowls and in your beds. (Children each try to toss a frog into the “kings” bowl or pillow) Lice plague: Lice can be small paper shreds, rice or confetti. Israelites: Will you let our people go? King: No! God: Then there will be a plague of lice. (Sprinkle a few pieces of confetti into each child’s hair.) Fly plague: flies are small pieces of black paper on a tray. Israelites: Will you let our people go? King: No! God: Then there will be flies buzzing everywhere. (Children each take a turn swatting flies.) Dead animals plague: have some stuffed animals or bean bag animals and a basket. Israelites: Will you let our people go? King: No! God: Then animals will die throughout the land. (Children toss “dead animals” into basket.) Boils plague: Have stick on circles for “boils” Israelites: Will you let our people go? King: No! God: Then the people in this country will develop a skin disease and have boils on their skin. Children stick “boils” to their arms. Hail plague: Have ping pong balls and throw them at a poster board picture of crops (wheat or corn, etc.) Israelites: Will you let our people go? King: No! God: Then great hailstones will destroy the crops in the fields. (Each child throws a “hail stone” at the crops.)

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Locust plague: Have clothes pins painted green for locusts, and fake tree or plant. Israelites: Will you let our people go? King: No! God: Then great swarms of locusts will destroy what is left including the trees. (Each child clips a “locust” to a tree.) Darkness plague: Table covered with dark cloth. Israelites: Will you let our people go? King: No! God: Then there will be darkness both night and day.(Children crawl under dark table.) Death of first-born children: Israelites: Will you let our people go? King: No! God: Moses, tell your people to mark a red cross on their doors tonight. All firstborn sons in Egypt will die, but I will protect the houses with the red crosses, the illness will pass over these houses. Children each draw a red cross on the white board or poster. God: The next day Moses and his people were safe but there were many Egyptians dead. King: Moses, you and your people must leave this country. Take your sheep and go away, but ask your God to be kind to me. God: Moses, you and your people will celebrate Passover to give thanks that your first born children were spared from illness and to give thanks for your freedom from slavery. At this time the leader directs the children to either a table or carpet squares. Leader shows a basket of Matzo crackers with the explanation that bread without yeast (flat bread) was eaten at Passover because the Israelites had to leave Egypt quickly without time to let bread rise properly. A lamb or other animal was killed and its blood used to mark the Israelites doors so that death would pass over that house. The lamb also represents Jesus who is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Israelites sacrificed lambs to save their first-born children. God sacrifice Jesus (who is called the Lamb of God) to save us from sin. The leader says a blessing over the food. The class shares the matzo and grape juice.

Craft Learning Activity: “Egg Carton Plagues” (Grades K-3) Preparation: empty cardboard or Styrofoam egg carton for each child; items to represent each plague OR print the template of the Plague concentration cards for each child. Procedure: Cut an empty egg carton so that there are 10 cups (instead of 12). Now, find little items to represent the 10 plagues and place in each of the 10 cups. For example, a red piece of paper for blood, plastic frogs, fly swatter for the flies, plastic cow, Styrofoam ball for hail, red circle dots for the boils, brown rice for the gnats, black masks for the darkness, used small marshmallows for the hail, plastic grasshoppers for locusts, and a stuffed lamb to explain Passover. Have students place one of each of the items in each section of the egg carton. The kids may want to draw pictures to help them remember the plagues. Option: Give each student the printed template of the plagues. Have students color each plague and cut apart the cards. Place the cards inside the egg carton holes.

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Craft Learning Activity: “Paper Bag Plague Puppets” (Grades K-5) Purpose: To help students learn the different plagues of Egypt and how they demonstrated the power and greatness of God in delivering the Israelites out of slavery. Preparation: Different colored lunch bags for each of the students, assorted colored construction paper, markers, glue, scissors, and large goggly eyes for the puppet bags. Procedure: Decide what plague of puppet each child is to make. Give each student an appropriately colored lunch bag.. Using the picture at right for clues to designing the puppets make a puppet for each of the plagues: Water turned to blood (red bag with goggly eyes) , frogs (green bag with front and back legs cut from green construction paper with green spots), lice (tan bag with black spots and a frowning face); flies (horse puppet with black flies over face and body) , Diseased Livestock (sick cow with black bag and white spots and red blood.) , Boils (tan bag with frowing face goggly eyes, and red and pink spots), Hail (blue bag with white cloud and white spots for hail and red hair), Locusts (green bag with black legs and wings and antennae) , Darkness (black bag with a yellow sun peaking out from top of bag with goggly eyes), Death of Firstborn. (tan bag with black hair, eyebrows, facial features and a red X over the body to show death.) Say: “God used the plagues in Egypt to prove that He was greater than the gods of Egypt. If Pharaoh had let the people go right away, it would have been so easy for Moses to have taken the credit for leading the Israelites out of slavery. God wanted to prove His mighty power to both the Egyptians and to the children of Israel so that they would have no doubt that He is the only true God and Master of the universe.” “The last plague was the death of every firstborn of all the Egyptian people and animals. It was especially important because it symbolized to the Israelites and to us today about the coming of Jesus the Lamb of God who would take away the sins of the world. It was a picture of how Jesus died on the cross to give eternal life to those who believe in Him.

Craft Learning Activity: “Frog Plate” (Grades K-3) Preparation: green and pink construction paper; scissors, black marker, green and pink crayons, pencil, tape or glue sticks, paper plates (one per child) Procedure: Color the bottom side of a paper plate green with a crayon. Color the top side of the paper plate pink with a crayon. (OR glue a green paper plate to the bottom of a pink paper plate that is the same size.) On a green piece of construction paper draw two eye shapes and two leg shapes as shown and cut out. On a piece of pink construction paper draw the tongue shape as shown and cut out. Draw black circles for eyes as shown. Fold the paper plate in half making sure the green side is on the outside. Tape or glue the legs to the bottom of the frog. Tape or glue the tongue to the inside of the frog’s mouth. Tap or glue th eyes onto the top of the frog’s head.

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Craft Learning Activity: “Stick House with Painted Doorposts” (Grades K-3) Preparation: Items needed are 6 large craft sticks, glue, markers, white card stock, scissors, Exodus 12:7 written on a sticky label for the back of the house. Procedure: Arrange craft sticks in the shape of a house with a pitched roof. Glue edges that touch together. Place white paper behind house and trace around house with marker. Remove paper from behind house and cut out the house tracing. Once house is dry, flip over and glue house tracing to back. Decorate house, making sure there is a front door with the posts painted red. On the back of the house glue the label with Exodus 12:7.

Say: “In this lesson God told the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb without blemish and dip a hyssop branch in its blood and brush the sides of the door and across the top of the door post with it. The blood on the door posts would indicate that the family inside were worshipping God and trusting in Him. The death angel would pass over that house and the first born son in that family would not die. This plague was a picture of the coming sacrifice of Jesus Christ the Lamb of God who would die for the sins of the world. It was a picture of how Jesus died on the cross to give eternal life to those who believe in Him.”

Snack Learning Activity: “Plague Snack” (Grades K-3) Preparation: graham crackers, peanut butter or cream cheese, marshmallow (hail), raisins (flies), plates and dull plastic knives. Procedure: Give each student a graham cracker on a plate. Spread the peanut butter or cream cheese on the graham cracker. Sprinkle or place the hail and flies onto the cracker.

Snack Learning Activity: “Grasshopper Legs” (Grades K-3) Preparation: Ingredients are 6 oz. chow mein noodles, 6 oz butterscotch chips, ¼ cup peanut butter Procedure: Melt butterscotch chips in microwave. Stir in peanut butter. Add chow mein noodles. Drop on waxed paper. Eat when set. Cookies will set faster if put in refrigerator for about 10 minutes.

Life Application Challenge: Prayer Power Say: “Some of you might have heard lots of stories about God’s power and how He cared for and rescued the Israelites. Some of you might be hearing about His power and love for the very first time. It’s important for all of us to remember that God’s power really is greater than anything else. No matter what situation we are in, we can be confident that He loves us and will help us. If Moses had not been confident in God’s power how might this story been different? (Let students respond.)

“Why is Jesus the called the Passover Lamb? 1 Corinthians 5:7 says, “Get rid of the old yeast, so

that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb,

has been sacrificed.” Jesus’ death made it possible for anyone who believes in Him to esca[e

sin’s punishment. Have you asked Jesus to be your Savior? You can do that today.

“How might someone who is confident in God’s help and power act when they are afraid?

What are some times that you need to remember God’s power is ready to help you? (Allow

students to respond.) Close in prayer asking for strength to trust in God’s power.”

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Exodus 13:14 "With a mighty hand the Lord has brought us out of Egypt,

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