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Faith Topics
Finding Easter in Bunnies and Baskets
The Easter Story: Simple Is Better
We sometimes forget that our children don’t understand everything that is being said and done around them. Often we take for granted that they understand things we have not explained.
The Easter story, while beautiful, can be very confusing to children when we don’t take the time to simplify the story in a way they can understand. An explanation of some big words can help. For very young children, omitting the harder words all together may reduce confusion.
- Disciples — Jesus’ closest friends
- Pharisees and religious leaders — the people who were not teaching the truth about God
- Arrested — Guards took Jesus and would not let him go.
- Sanhedrin or Court — Leaders all got together and decided that Jesus should be punished. for telling the people that He was God’s Son
- Righteous — Jesus told only the truth and did everything God wanted Him to do.
- Condemned to death — Rulers announced that Jesus would have to die.
- Crucified — They nailed His hands and feet onto a big wooden cross and left Him hanging on it until He died.
- Tomb — a special place, like a small cave, where Jesus’ body was laid after He died
- Resurrection — Even though Jesus had been dead for three days, God made Him come back alive so His friends would know that Jesus really is God’s Son.
- Ascension — After Jesus came back to life and spent time with His friends, He was lifted up from the ground and floated above the clouds so He could finally go to be with God in heaven
- Second Coming — When He left to go back to heaven, the angels promised Jesus’ friends that He would be coming back one day to get all His friends
Copyright © 2005, Kim Wier, Engaging Women Ministries, www.engagingwomen.com.
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