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Christ Will Come Again on the Last Day

Say: In the Old Testament times, the people waited for hundreds and thousands of years for the Savior to be born. Jesus promised that He would come again. And people have waited for thousands of years now for that to happen. We don’t know—no one knows—when the Last Day will come and Jesus returns to earth as King. It might be soon. Or it might not happen for a long time. But still we wait and we prepare.

The Bible Readings

Read Acts 1: 6-11

Read Revelation 1:7-8  

Ask: What is happening in the first Bible story that we read in Acts? (ascension of Jesus)

Ask: How did Jesus ascend up into heaven? (cloud)

Ask: What did the two angels say about the return of Christ? (will come in the same way as you saw Him leave)

Ask: What does Revelation say about His return? (coming with the clouds, everyone on earth will see Him)

The Song

The song for this reading is “The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns”.  Each verse appears on the screen with some accompanying music that you can sing along to. There are no voices on the video, just the music.

Sing the song. Then ask your kids what they think if will be like and look like when Jesus returns. How is it different from His first coming to earth as a baby?  (The layout of the video with each verse on a screen makes it easy to go back and forth in the video and pause on any lyrics that you want to look at more closely.)

The Activity

We will be making crowns to remember that, in the Second Coming on the Last Day, Jesus will return as a glorious and powerful king. We remember this every time we confess our faith in the creeds. The Nicene Creed says, “And He will come again with glory to judge both the the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end."

Cut out a crown using card stock or a light-colored construction paper (you may need more than one piece to make it fit around peoples’ heads). Some ideas on decorating the crowns:

  • Coloring it or gluing on sequins/jewels to make it look like a royal crown
  • Drawing pictures from Jesus’ life on His crown
  • Drawing a picture of what you think it will look like when Jesus returns in glory on the Last Day.
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