Follow-up: Jacob - The Promise Continues

Fundamental Truth: Jesus Came to Save Sinners

Making it Real:
In our story this week, Jacob had a dream. He dreamt about a ladder where angels were going up and down from the earth to Heaven. What can this dream show us?
Just like we see all throughout the Old Testament, here God is giving us a picture of Jesus Christ. Jacob’s ladder bridged the gap between Heaven and earth. It showed us that there was separation between us and God and that God would provide a way to bridge that gap. It helps us look forward to the time when God would forever bridge that gap by sending Jesus to die on the cross. The Cross was the New Testament picture of Jacob’s ladder and it gave us access forever to God through the shedding of blood for the forgiveness of sins.

Making it Stick:
Give your children guidelines to make a bridge. It can be a small bridge for dolls or a life-size bridge in the yard or at the park. Give them a list of materials they can use to make their bridge – make it a good-sized list, consisting of more than one type of material. Give them a time limit to complete their bridge, but one that they cannot stay within. Once they have run out of time, test their bridge and talk about why it failed. Give them more time, enough to finish, and test their bridge again. Talk about how we can remember that the cross is the perfect bridge to Jesus and that God, in his perfect wisdom, not only gave us the cross, but gave it to us with Jesus at the perfect time that God had planned. Talk about how God’s timing is perfect and how God’s plans are perfect.