Lesson No. ( 37 ) Jesus Went to Heaven

References

Acts 1:9-14.

Notes for Servants

«         Contemplate Christ ascending to heaven.  He will come back again in the same way.  Lift up your heart to Him.

«         Always lift up your eyes to heaven where you can find your help.

«         What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love Him.

Objectives

General: Our love for Christ who rose up to heaven.

Specific:

The children will be able to...

1. Believe that Jesus is alive.
2. Know that He is with us all the time even when we do not see Him.
3. Learn that Jesus wants us to love one another as He loves us.

Bible Verse

                                                           "Jesus is risen."

Luke 24:6

Teaching Aids

1. Felt figure and flannel board.
2. A big coloured picture of the Ascension, cotton to represent the clouds, and four wings for two angels.

Instructions

(1) Review last week's lesson.

(2) Who remembers the verse?

(3) Remind the children about the church occasions for the coming week.

(4) Teacher should prepare the appropriate questions to emphasize the objectives during the lesson.

(5) Servant may start by asking the following:

+ Who rose from the dead?

+ What did He do after the Resurrection?

Story Time

After Christ had risen from among the dead, He appeared to the disciples.  He encouraged them during the period of forty days before His ascension.  He spoke to them about the Kingdom of God and about the church system.  They asked Him:  "Lord, what do you want us to do?"  He commanded them to stay in Jerusalem.

The disciples were together.  Christ blessed them.  Suddenly, they saw Jesus rising up.  He went up to heaven as you see in this picture.  They were looking upwards to Him saying, "Praise the Lord."  They saw two angels in white standing.

 The angels said to them, "Why are you standing there looking up at the sky?  This is Jesus, who has gone to heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw Him go up."  The apostles went back to Jerusalem.  They were happy because of Christ's ascension.  They sang a hymn:  "He went up to the highest heaven and sent to us the Paraclete".

Note:

Draw the children's attention to the fact that we pray with our faces toward the east because the Lord Christ went up to heaven towards the east and will also come from the east.

Discussion

1 - Follow up the story by talking about it with the children.

2 - Continue the discussion while they do the activity.

Learning Activities

Activity Sheet.