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The
Spring Holy Days
S pring is one of four seasons
and is the transition from win-
ter to summer. Daylight hours are
God wants all people who have
ever lived to become members of
His divine Family! To learn how
12 hours or more, causing the we may become part of God’s
earth to become warmer. This Family, we must look closely at
triggers new plants to spring forth the annual or yearly festivals. In
out of the ground, giving the sea- this Lesson we will learn about
son its name. Snow melts, and the first three festivals in God’s
rivers and streams grow bigger great Plan.
with runoff and spring rains.
Many flowering plants bloom, Passover in Egypt
and baby animals are born. The
first month of God’s calendar Thousands of years ago the
begins during this exciting time of Israelites were slaves in Egypt for
new life! hundreds of years. They were
The Passover, The Days of forced to work very hard. They
Unleavened Bread and Pentecost were beaten when the Egyptians
are spring festivals that God’s were not pleased with their work.
people observe each spring. They God saw the Israelites’ misery
represent the first three steps in and knew that it was time for Him
God’s awesome Plan for all who to keep His promise and deliver
have ever lived. Do you know His people. Moses was chosen by
why God created man? The God to lead the Israelites out of
answer is amazing beyond belief! Egypt.
1 CHILDREN’S BIBLE LESSON
Illustrations by Paula Rondeau
Moses and his brother Aaron “Care for the lamb until the
were sent by God to speak to beginning of the fourteenth day.
Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. They Then, at sunset, kill the lamb and
told Pharaoh to let the Israelites put some of its blood on the top
leave Egypt. But instead of letting and sides of the doorposts of your
them go, he gave them more work house.
to do! “Roast the entire lamb and eat
God had Moses and Aaron it quickly with bitter herbs and
meet with Pharaoh again and unleavened bread,” Moses said.
warn him of the horrifying “Make sure that you do not eat it
plagues that would come upon boiled or raw. Also, if your family
Egypt if he would not let the is not big enough to eat the whole
Israelites go. Pharaoh lamb, share it with your neighbor.
still said no, so “When you eat the lamb, every-
God sent nine one must be dressed as if going on
plagues that a trip,” Moses continued. “Wear
devastated sandals on your feet and hold a
the land. staff. But be sure that no one
Even after all of this, leaves the house.
Pharaoh still refused “Eat in a hurry. Burn any part
to let the Israelites of the lamb that you do not eat,
go! and do not keep any of it until the
God had Moses tell the morning.”
Israelites what they had to do to Moses then told
be protected from the final plague. the Israelites what
“On the tenth day of Abib (the they would be
first month), every man must protected from
choose from his flocks a healthy if they fol-
male lamb,” Moses instructed. lowed God’s
“The lamb must be under a year instructions.
old and without bruises and “An angel
marks. will pass
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through the gold, silver and clothing. The
land of Egypt Egyptians were eager for the
on that night Israelites to leave, so they gave
and kill all the them everything they wanted.
firstborn of
man and ani- Passover Today
mal. But when
the angel sees The Israelites were to keep the
blood on the Passover every year, from genera-
doorposts of tion to generation.
your homes, Did you know that those in
he will pass God’s Church today, thousands of
over you. No years later, still keep the
one will be harmed. This day is Passover? But it is not observed in
called the Lord’s Passover. the same way that the children of
“It is a memorial to be kept for- Israel in Egypt observed it.
ever. It must be observed every The Israelites who kept the first
spring to help us remember how Passover did
God protected our firstborn,” not realize that
Moses explained. Read Exodus it portrayed the
12:1-14. first part in
On the 14th day the Israelites God’s Plan for
did as they were commanded, and mankind. The
none of their firstborn were killed. Passover lamb
But all the firstborn of the they killed rep-
Egyptians were killed, including resented Jesus
Pharaoh’s son! Christ. John
Pharaoh finally changed his 1:29 says that
mind and told Moses that he Jesus is the
would let them leave Egypt. “Lamb of God.” I Corinthians 5:7
In the morning the Israelites states that He is “our passover.”
asked the Egyptians to give them More than a thousand years after
3 CHILDREN’S BIBLE LESSON
ples ate it. Then He gave them
wine to drink.
Importance of
Bread and Wine
Jesus Christ was crucified (killed)
on the Passover. This is why it a
the first Passover, He came to very solemn and serious day. His
earth as a flesh-and-blood human crucifixion was extremely
being. painful. After being beaten, He
When Jesus Christ was about 33 was nailed to a stake and left to
years old, He was killed so that our die. Why did such a terrible event
sins—and those of all mankind— have to take place?
could be forgiven. Before His God tells us in His Word, the
death He observed the Passover, as Bible, that all people have
He did every year, with His disci- sinned, or broken His Ten
ples. He did not keep the Passover Commandments. God says in
the same way that the Israelites Romans 6:23 that the punishment
did, however, because a lamb was for sin is eternal death—death
no longer to be killed. forever! But God has a Plan that
Christ taught His disciples a saves us from the punishment of
new way to keep the Passover. sin. His plan allows us to receive
First, He wrapped a towel around eternal life—life forever—as
His waist. Then, after pouring members of His Family!
water into a basin, He washed and Only Christ could pay the price
dried His disciples’ feet. He for the sins of all mankind
described how the footwashing because He was God (the other
service teaches us to love and member of the God Family)
serve one another. before He came to earth as a
After Jesus Christ took unleav- human being. Because He was the
ened bread and broke it, the disci- Creator of all life, His life was
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that poured from His
body, resulting in His
death. Taking of the wine
helps us to remember that
Christ’s death makes pos-
sible the forgiveness of
our sins.
Days of Unleavened
Bread
worth more than the total sum of The Feast of Unleavened Bread is
all mankind. In addition, Jesus the second step in God’s Plan. It
Christ was perfect—He never begins on the day after the
sinned. He did not deserve death. Passover. During these seven days
As the “Lamb of God” He sacri- we eat unleavened bread—a flat
ficed (gave up) His life to pay for bread that is not made with yeast
the sins of mankind. As a result of or leavening.
His death, God can forgive our Do you know what leavening
sins when we repent of them. does to foods such as bread, pan-
So the broken, unleavened cakes and cookies? It puffs them
bread eaten during the Passover up!
service represents Christ’s cut and And what do you and your par-
bruised body. Eating this bread ents do during the days and weeks
helps us remember that God will before the Days of Unleavened
heal us of our health problems Bread? You are probably very care-
(read I Peter 2:22, 24). Christ suf- ful to remove leavening from your
fered terribly to pay the penalty home and other areas that belong to
for our sins. They cause illness you. We do this because it is com-
and disease. manded by God. On a separate
The wine during the Passover sheet of paper, make a list of all the
service represents Christ’s blood places where you look for leaven.
5 CHILDREN’S BIBLE LESSON
We put leavening out of our
houses during the Days of
Unleavened Bread because it pic-
tures sin. Leavening puffs bread
up just as sin puffs us up! One sin
often leads to more sins. An
example of this is covering up
(lying about) something that your
parents told you not to do. Sin
spreads just as leaven does.
The Days of Unleavened Bread
remind us to put sin out of our
lives just as we put leavening out
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of our homes. We must always try Plan. To determine on which day
to obey God’s laws. we should keep this feast, we
The “Night to be Much count fifty. (Pentecost means “the
Observed” takes place at the fiftieth day.”)
beginning of the Days of Pentecost is the anniversary of
Unleavened Bread and is com- the beginning of God’s Church.
manded by God (Exodus 12:42). It On the day of Pentecost in 31
helps us to remember the Israelites A.D., God sent His Holy Spirit to
journey out of, or exodus from, Christ’s disciples. This was exact-
Egypt thousands of years ago. ly fifty days after the Sabbath dur-
During the daylight hours of ing the Days of Unleavened
the 14th day of the month of Abib, Bread.
the Israelites asked the Egyptians The Holy Spirit is a special gift
to give them valuable items. That that God gives to those who have
evening, the night of the 15th, the repented, been baptized, and had
Israelites left Egypt under a mag- hands laid on them by one of
nificent full moon. Can you imag- God’s ministers. God puts His
ine the joy that they felt? God Holy Spirit in the minds of new
delivered them from slavery! members of His Church. It helps
The first and seventh days dur- them to overcome (conquer or
ing the Days of Unleavened Bread defeat) sin, understand God’s
are Holy Days. God commands us truth and grow in His character
not to work. We are to assemble (become more like Him).
together at special Sabbath servic- There are two harvests each
es. His people are to observe these year in the Holy Land, where
Holy Days forever (Exodus Jesus Christ lived. The spring
12:17). grain harvest happens first and is
the early or small harvest. The
Pentecost great fall harvest comes next.
Pentecost occurs at the time of
Pentecost is the third festival and the spring harvest and pictures
it portrays the third step in God’s the first spiritual “harvest” of
7 CHILDREN’S BIBLE LESSON
few people out of
the world and
placed them into
His Church. To
God, the world is
like a big field or
garden. Part of the
garden will be har-
vested at Christ’s
return. These “first-
fruits” will be the
first ones to be res-
urrected (raised
from the dead) and
changed to Spirit
beings. They will
then be born into
the Family of God!
After Christ returns
to the earth, the rest
of the world will
also have the oppor-
tunity to become
members of God’s
Family. During this
people who will become mem- big fall “harvest” the largest part of
bers in God’s Family. These mankind will be taught God’s
“firstfruits” include members truth. They will be born into His
who were, are and will be in Family!
God’s Church before Christ We will learn more about God’s
returns to earth. awesome Plan for mankind in the
For now, God has called only a Fall Festival Lesson.
LEVEL 2 / SPRING LESSON 8
GOD’S GREAT PLAN
If you follow the directions, you will find out what God gives us
so we can understand His great Plan for mankind.
First color all boxes with Ks blue, all Xs green, and all Zs red.
Then color the boxes of the words listed below as indicated.
BLUE GREEN YELLOW RED
ROAST BLOOD SIN GOD
HURRY EGYPT OUT TEN
DEATH SLAVE SON LAW
ANGEL BREAD MOSES ATE
SAW ALL
WAY
JOY
9 CHILDREN’S BIBLE LESSON
GOD’S AMAZING HARVEST
Here is an intricate maze for you to try, and then color. The first
harvest in the spring only produced a few bundles of grain after
a long cold winter.
FINISH
START
LEVEL 2 / SPRING LESSON 10
Exodus 12:26-27
Color the sheep as found in Exodus 12:5.
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