Book of Isaiah
"The book of Isaiah outlines Israel and the nations' coming judgment while pointing to the future hope of a new covenant and the coming Messiah." - BibleProject.
Isaiah calls for the rebellious nations to repent and turn to God, and continually reminds them of the hope in a coming Messiah who would start a new covenant, bringing God's kingdom to earth. Jesus reads parts of Isaiah to show that he is a fulfilment of these promises.
Isaiah calls for the rebellious nations to repent and turn to God, and continually reminds them of the hope in a coming Messiah who would start a new covenant, bringing God's kingdom to earth. Jesus reads parts of Isaiah to show that he is a fulfilment of these promises.
Activities
- Isaiah 1:18 White as Snow Snowglobe (123 Homeschool 4 Me)
- Isaiah 1:18 Snowman Snack Idea (Church House Collection)
- Isaiah 30:21 Stay on Track Train Track (Meaningful Mama)
- Isaiah 49:2 Arrow and Quiver Craft (Smash Cake Socal)
- Isaiah 58:11 Stay watered Handprint Garden (The Shirley Journey)
Media
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Connecting Isaiah to Jesus (Isaiah 9:6-7)
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Saddleback Kids: The Promise of a Savior Isaiah 9:6-7, Micah 5:2
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Isaiah 43
Kids talk
You will need: cups, oil, water jug, washing up liquid and teaspoons set up already on the table.
Explain that you are going to read a short bit from the bible that is like a poem – a poem that can help us today when times are difficult, even though it was written many many years ago! Give each child a cup and a teaspoon.
Read out the first part of the reading:
Long ago the Lord made a road through the sea,
a path through the swirling waters.
Pour in some water into the cups for each of them. Ask them to swirl their water around. The water is us or our lives and sometimes our lives feel like swirly waters – maybe even out of control! Can they think of something that they find hard to do or hard to put up with? (arguing with siblings, moving house, school, friends etc) Say, sometimes these worries or difficult times feel quite heavy on us, they weigh us down.
Read out the next piece of bible verse
He led a mighty army to destruction,
an army of chariots and horses.
Down they fell, never to rise,
snuffed out like the flame of a lamp!
Watch the oil as it hits your water. The oil is the tricky things in life we have to deal with. Keep your cup very still and watch the oil – it gradually rises and rests on top of 'us'. Like a heavy weight. Give your cup a gentle (!) stir to try and mix in the oil and water so that the tricky things (oil) isn't sitting just on top and watch for a moment – the oil just floats back up! The difficult things are still there!! What can we do for help when things are hard? We can ask for help. God has given us friends and family to ask and also, there is always God himself who we can turn to, and pray to.
Show them the washing up liquid bottle. The washing up liquid represents God, lets see what happens when we add God to these heavy weights on top of us!
Add a good squeeze of washing liquid and then mix in – needs to be a good amount
and the two will mix and not change back.
Which brings us to the end of the poem from Isaiah :
But the Lord says,
“Do not cling to events of the past
or dwell on what happened long ago.
Watch for the new thing I am going to do.
It is happening already—you can see it now!
He can make things new , he can change things, he can do new things with us. Now your cup looks different!
(Source: Suzy Allen)
Explain that you are going to read a short bit from the bible that is like a poem – a poem that can help us today when times are difficult, even though it was written many many years ago! Give each child a cup and a teaspoon.
Read out the first part of the reading:
Long ago the Lord made a road through the sea,
a path through the swirling waters.
Pour in some water into the cups for each of them. Ask them to swirl their water around. The water is us or our lives and sometimes our lives feel like swirly waters – maybe even out of control! Can they think of something that they find hard to do or hard to put up with? (arguing with siblings, moving house, school, friends etc) Say, sometimes these worries or difficult times feel quite heavy on us, they weigh us down.
Read out the next piece of bible verse
He led a mighty army to destruction,
an army of chariots and horses.
Down they fell, never to rise,
snuffed out like the flame of a lamp!
Watch the oil as it hits your water. The oil is the tricky things in life we have to deal with. Keep your cup very still and watch the oil – it gradually rises and rests on top of 'us'. Like a heavy weight. Give your cup a gentle (!) stir to try and mix in the oil and water so that the tricky things (oil) isn't sitting just on top and watch for a moment – the oil just floats back up! The difficult things are still there!! What can we do for help when things are hard? We can ask for help. God has given us friends and family to ask and also, there is always God himself who we can turn to, and pray to.
Show them the washing up liquid bottle. The washing up liquid represents God, lets see what happens when we add God to these heavy weights on top of us!
Add a good squeeze of washing liquid and then mix in – needs to be a good amount
and the two will mix and not change back.
Which brings us to the end of the poem from Isaiah :
But the Lord says,
“Do not cling to events of the past
or dwell on what happened long ago.
Watch for the new thing I am going to do.
It is happening already—you can see it now!
He can make things new , he can change things, he can do new things with us. Now your cup looks different!
(Source: Suzy Allen)
Overview
Here are some resources for leaders, who are looking for context and background information to share about the book of Isaiah
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BibleProject Overview: Isaiah 1-39
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BibleProject Overview: Isaiah 40-66
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BibleProject: Isaiah Overview poster, free download here
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