Lessons on Daniel and Jonah (Lessons from the Old Testament Book 5)

This big fish has swallowed many things including Jonah. Your children answer questions and then reach into the fishes mouth and pull out a piece of paper with a picture of something the fish has swallowed. They will be amazed and entertained by all the different things he has eaten. The child who pulls out the picture of Jonah wins. Print out the Fish Fin Patterns and cut them out. Place the fin patterns on a paper plate as shown in the diagram, trace the patterns, and cut them out. Turn the side fin over and trace it a second time to make the opposite side fin. Glue the tail to the top of one of the paper plates so that the fins are curving downwards.

This paper plate will be the top of the fish. Glue the two side fins to the same paper plate on the sides of the plates as shown in the diagram below. Cut a slit at the edge of the paper plate just behind both fins as shown in the diagram. Glue the paper plate with the fins on it to the other paper plate starting at the back of one side fin and ending at the back of the other side fin Green in the diagram below.

Bring the top paper plate over top of the bottom paper plate at the fins. Glue it together at the overlapping area. This will make the mouth open. Glue it to the top of the fish. Stuff the fish with some crinkled up scrap paper. Have your children paint the whale craft. Print out the pattern for the things that go in the whales mouth. What did God want Jonah to do? What did Jonah do? Why didn't Jonah want to go to Nineveh?

What happened when Jonah was on the ship? What did the sailors do when the storm came up? Where was Jonah when the storm came up? What did Jonah say when the sailors asked him to start praying? What happened when Jonah was thrown over board? How many days was Jonah inside the fish? What do you think Jonah did when he was inside the fish? What did Jonah do after the fish spit him out? Did the people of Nineveh listen to Jonah?

Was Jonah happy about that? Give an example of how we are like Jonah sometimes? Give an example of how someone might try to hide from God today? What does God want us to do when we do something wrong? What does God do when we are sorry and ask for forgiveness? For directions to this craft and links to other crafts go to Bible Themes Jonah.

Jonah - Life, Hope & Truth

Have the children stand facing each other and throw the bean bag back and forth trying to catch Jonah in the milk jug whales. Young children will love this game. As you sing the following song, have the children act it out one at a time. Set up a big appliance box in the front of the room that looks like a whale. Set up the box so that the children can enter it from one side. Add a fin to the top and back of the box, and maybe a blow hole with water coming out.

Draw eyes on the sides. Cut out teeth and have them hang down from the top of the entrance to the box. As you sing the following song have a child enter the box. At the end of the song the child who is in the box pretends he is being spit out of the fishes mouth, and another child enters the box. Keep singing it until all the children have had a chance to be Jonah. If you have a refrigerator box, cut the flaps off of one end of the box. If your box isn't very long, you can open up the flap and tape them open. You may have to use some cardboard on the inside corners to reinforce the flaps.

Tape the other end of the box closed. This will keep your whale from collapsing when the children are playing in it. Cut a fin from another piece of cardboard and glue it to the back of the box. You can cut out the mouth shape, but you don't have too. You can just paint the inside of the mouth black. Cut two triangular shapes for the side fins and glue them on.

Paint the whole thing gray or black and white. One day God told Jonah, to go out he began to pout, and took another route. When he got on a ship they, threw him out, he hit the water, and swam about. Along came a big fish, maybe a trout, he swallowed him whole, there is no doubt. Then after three days, in that trout, It took a big burp, and spit him out. Before class decorate a large coffee can. Wrap a wavy blue bulletin board border around the bottom of the can for the water. Glue a whale picture to to the top part of the can. Before you start, give each child a piece of paper old newspaper or scrap paper.

Tell them to pretend that they are sailors on a boat and the waves are crashing up against it. They are afraid the boat is going to sink and start throwing things overboard to make the boat lighter. They ask Jonah to pray to his God to save them. Jonah tells them he is the reason for the storm and tells them to throw him overboard.

Tell the children to roll up their papers into balls and pretend they are Jonah and throw him overboard. They should aim for the decorated coffee can and try to get Jonah into the can. This activity and other ideas were sent in by Marisa Anthony. The children in my Toddler class age liked this - very easy to do. Print out the Fish Cards and Picture of Jonah onto card stock and cut them out.

Have the children color them as an opening activity. Write one of the following activities on the back of each card. Hide from God, Be a fish and swallow Jonah, Be a fish a spit Jonah out, Get thrown overboard, Pout, Pray in the belly of the fish, Take a nap, Your on a ship in the middle of a storm, Throw everything overboard. Give each child a large sheet of white bulletin board paper or similar paper. Have them fold the paper in half and draw a large fish shape. Cut out both layers so that they have two fish that look the same.

Have the children paint or color the fish and then staple all the way around the edge of the fish leaving an opening so that they can stuff the fish with wrinkled up pieces of newspaper. Staple the fish closed and staple a string on it so that they can be hung from the ceiling. Before class make milk jug whales and Jonah bean bags - For directions to this craft and links to other crafts go to the Bible Themes - Jonah Page. Copyright , Digital by Design, Inc. Danielle's Place of Crafts and Activities http: No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information or storage retrieval system, except for local church or school use only.

This copyright notice must be included on all copies. Requests for permission to copy this material for any other uses should be addressed to Carolyn Warvel, Duran Street, Henderson, NV or e-mail me at care daniellesplace. I cut out 24 of the fish and taped Jonah onto the back of 6 of them during the summer we've only had about 6 children in our 3 through kindergarten class.

After the children have colored the fish, hopefully not knowing Jonah is taped to the backside, they will play the game where the children take turns picking up a fish to find Jonah. But I've added a little extra to the game. If they find a fish with Jonah taped to the back, they get to take a small handful of the little cheese flavored fish crackers out of a bowl. And then at the end of the class, each child gets a small bag of the fish crackers to take home. Paul Lutheran Church, TX. I first want to say that I love this site, it's such a blessing.

I used the Jonah and the Whale story last week and the kids loved it! The entire lesson was easy and simple enough for them to understand and they especially loved trying to "find" Jonah. We bow our head and close our eyes to help us become quiet and to help us think only of God. A prayer is how we talk to God. God wants us to pray -- to talk to him, etc. I only had 4 yr. I made the big fish and had the children answer questions for a chance to pull things out of the fish's mouth. They thought this was wonderful.

My daughter who is in the class still wants to pull things out of the fish's mouth at home. I also printed out pictures of the whales and Jonah pictures and used as a memory game. The child who found Jonah "won" the game. They really had a good time with this. I have always ran out of material in the past, but this lesson was great! I first want to thank you for your wonderful site and all the lessons and ideas.

I used the lesson on Jonah with a class of about 10 aged 3 to 12 years of age. We were having problems getting anyone to take on the responsibility of teaching a class.

Jonah Sunday School Lesson for Children

I used most of the ideas given in the lesson and for a craft, we made Jonah necklaces out of pony beads. We put on a gray bead to remind us that the people of Nineveh had sinned,. A red bead said that God had told Jonah to tell the people to Stop sinning. A blue bead reminded us that Jonah disobeyed and was thrown into the water for his sin.

White reminded us that Jonah repented and went to Nineveh where the people also repented. Green represented the growth in the lives of the people. Yellow showed Jonah told the people all about heaven. The kids loved this craft and are still wearing their Jonah necklaces months later. It is wonderful that the lesson and everything is right there.

I have all preschoolers and most of them can do these activities except for the cutting. I taught the lesson on Jonah a few weeks ago in children's church. The lesson went well. The children enjoyed deciding which emotion Jonah may have had. I made the big mouth paper plate fish from the "What did the big Fish Eat? I asked questions from the list of Jonah questions.

When a student answered correctly, he pulled a slip of paper from the fish's mouth and acted out what was written on the paper. The other students tried to guess what the student was acting out. I asked a question to the person who guessed correctly, if he answer correctly; he pulled a slip from the fish's mouth and acted out what was written on the paper. The student who pulled out the picture of Jonah won the game. I would like to share with you some of the extras I added in.

We had the story but I told it very interactive for them. When Jonah entered the boat, for instance, I had them enter the boat. My helper was Jonah who went downstairs to sleep in bottom of the boat. The kids were sailors. I told how God sent a storm and we did sound effects and scared faces and such. Then we decided to go wake up Jonah and ask him to pray to his God to save us all. So we marched downstairs for pretend and woke up Jonah and they helped me ask Jonah to pray.

Later we all became Jonah's and plunged off our sheet boat and swam in water while I whisked the sheet up. Then I told them they were sinking and not to be afraid because God would save Jonah. God sent a great big fish to swallow Jonah up. And I got everyone in under the sheet and now I told the story from under the sheet-we are in the fishes' belly. Then when we got to the part of fish spitting Jonah out, I whipped the sheet off and they jumped back onto our story time rug. We marched and jogged off to do what God had asked us to do. I put in some applications as I told the story. Later we used the Jonah and the fish and made them into stick puppets and as we retold the story, they could put the Jonah into the mouth of fish.

We got out tubs of water and they got to predict what things that I gave each of them would sink or float.

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One was a person and we named him Jonah. We acted out the part of story where Jonah is thrown overboard and God sent the great fish to swallow him up. After doing that for a bit we cleaned up and got out play dough and I showed them how to flatten their play dough and make boats by turning up the edges. Then we put same Jonah figure in our boat. We acted out him getting on the boat and going to sleep. We picked up the boat and made it toss in the storm and then acted out sailors throwing him overboard.

By this time I would let them fill in some blanks to the story. This age group needs lots of repetition. We have several who like to get up and move and each new thing was brought out and I had no one who was up and running around. Usually we do not have that many sit down activities, but just worked out that way. But they had so much fun they didn't seem to mind. Thanks for the great ideas and keep them coming! I used the crafts and activities from "Hide and Seek" for a class of year olds.

The kids really enjoyed the Make a Jonah and the Whale picture, especially putting Jonah in the whale's mouth. I also cut out colored fishes and seaweed for them to glue on the picture. We played Jonah Goes out with a pop up tent with a large picture of a whale stuck on the side - they colored the whale as the opening activity. Thanks for all the great ideas, keep them coming! I used the patterns and ideas for Jonah and the Whale for Joy Time in my family child care home this past week.

The end of the nation was to come with a dispersion of the Jews. The Jews were followed by wars and desolations wherever they went. There are several hints in the Bible that tie Caesar Nero to the Antichrist. It appears that the same demon that controlled Nero will enter the European leader who will arise from the ten nations, and he will be the Antichrist Revelation Some Bible teachers believe that the Church will go through the Great Tribulation. They feel that God is through with the nation Israel and all the prophetic references that deal with Israel actually refer to the Church.

This misinterpretation of Scriptures has led to confusion over prophecies that are actually quite clear and simple Matthew This 7-year period will not start while God is still working in the Church to bring forth a Bride for Christ. Once the Church is complete, God will take it up to heaven.

Then He'll turn to Israel and make the Jews His special people once again. After three and one-half years the Antichrist will put a stop to the daily sacrifices and prayers in the rebuilt temple. Daniel knew that the vision was a prophecy of the far-distant future. The Hiddekel is the Tigris River. Satan, the prince of this world, is the power behind the world's governments and systems in rebellion against God. There's constant warfare in the spiritual world over the control of people's lives.

Through prayer we're able to bind the works and power of the enemy and to battle for God's side Ephesians 6: When Jesus speaks the word of faith to us, we can argue or obey. He was the only one to stand up for Israel against the world powers. He helped establish Darius as king in the first year of his reign. Ahasureus, Artaxerxes, and Darius. These were followed by a fourth, Xerxes, who trained an army of two million men. After training his army, he attacked and conquered Greece. His kingdom was divided between four of his generals. The "king of the north" was Seleucus, the general who took Syria.

Israel was between the two kingdoms and suffered from the continual warfare between them. To seal the bargain Ptolemy gave his daughter, Berenice, to Seleucus for his wife.

Seleucus divorced his wife and married Berenice. However when Ptolemy died, Seleucus left Berenice and took back his former wife. She poisoned Seleucus and had Berenice and her son assassinated. Then the former wife's son became the new Syrian king. He invaded and defeated Syria to avenge his sister's death.

He took the fortresses and plundered Syria of its gods, gold, and costly vessels. Some of the Jews turned against their brothers to help the Syrian king. However, Cleopatra turned against Syria and stood with Egypt. She was very ambitious for Egypt and began to make political deals with Rome, a rising power. He was defeated, and the terms of peace called for him to pay huge taxes. He was killed when he tried to plunder a temple for tax money. He won his throne by flattery. He killed and enslaved thousands of them. He lashed out at Israel and on God's temple.

His sacrifice of a pig on the holy altar was "the abomination which maketh desolate. The Antichrist will also stop the daily sacrifices and prayers in the temple and will pollute the sanctuary with the demand that he be worshipped. This will be the "abomination of desolation. They took revenge on Syria. They will still be in great danger until the end of the Great Tribulation. Though the United States has been a close ally of Israel, our country has lately been moving away from this position because of our dependence on Arab oil.

When we finally abandon Israel, Russia will feel free to attack her without any retaliation from the U. He'll put himself forward and seek the people's worship and praise just as Satan has always craved worship Isaiah It's God's indignation against a sinning world Isaiah He may be homosexual. The "desire of women" could refer to every Jewish woman's hope that she would bear the child who would bruise the serpent's head Genesis 3: Jesus was the Child who fulfilled this prophecy with His atoning death on the cross.

So this verse could mean that the Antichrist will not regard God or Jesus. He'll build a huge and expensive army equipped with tremendous military hardware. He'll work out a Middle East peace plan that will divide the land of Israel for his gain. The covenant will be broken by the Antichrist after three and one-half years when he stops the sacrifices in the temple and demands that he himself be worshipped as God.

At this point those Jews who are close to God will flee to the Jordanian rock city of Petra Matthew Ammon is Jordan and Iraq. It will probably be a planned attempt to conquer the continent of Africa. The Chinese will send their armies, along with the remnant of the Russian army, to battle his forces Revelation These armies will meet in the Valley of Megiddo for the great and final battle of Armageddon.

Jesus will destroy the Antichrist with the words from His mouth Jude , Colossians 3: Jesus wants us to understand the prophecies in Daniel Matthew Michael and his angels will fight Satan and his angels, and they will cast Satan and his angels out of heaven Revelation Satan will return to earth in fury, for he'll know that his days are numbered. At this time the Antichrist sets up his throne in Jerusalem and breaks the covenant with Israel. The Great Tribulation will begin.

It will last for three and one-half years and will be the second half of the final 7-year period prophesied earlier Daniel 9: It will be the worst time the world will ever know Matthew This verse could refer instead to the resurrection of the nation Israel Ezekiel God told John not to seal the Book of Revelation and even promised a blessing to those who would read and understand it Revelation 1: The "men" were probably angels.

This equals three and one-half years Revelation Those who are spared until the 1,th day will be allowed to enter into the glorious Kingdom Age with Jesus Matthew Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry.

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