Links - In Journeys about Jesus (Part Two)

5. The Bible tells how the Israelites escaped from Egypt. They believed God was their guide and protector. Who guides and protects you? (pages 10-11)


Maps of the Exodus are available at http://www.ebibleteacher.com/imagehtml/otmaps.html . The latter gives a colour map of the traditional route of the Israelites from Egypt.

http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/salt/2.html
A set of beautiful photographs of a herdsman living in the Sahara.

 

6. Messages poem (pages 12-13)

http://calvarychapel.com/children/site/pdf/Old/Curr024.pdf
Download a PDF version of the story of Jacob's dream.

http://members.aol.com/bobwhit/bibleWS/bethel.htm
Simple cloze procedure exercise based on the story of Jacob's dream.

http://www.spanisharts.com/prado/ribera/jacob.htm
An artist's depiction of Jacob's dream, in this instance painted by Ribera.
A further version by Ferdinand Bol is at http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/b/bol/jacob_dr.html

 

7. Welcome back! How does it feel to come home? (pages 14-15)

Ain Vares's 'Return of the Prodigal Son' gives a lighter interpretation of the return of the prodigal son at http://www.realmagazine.com/new/artwork/vares/vares.html

Further web sites that feature this painting are http://www.mystudios.com/art/bar/rembrandt/rembrandt-prodigal-son.html and http://www.fishthe.net/home.htm

 

8. What do you do when you are thrilled about something? King David danced for joy when he brough the Ark home to Jerusalem. (pages 16-17)

http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/texte/manuscrit/aman11/i8_0011d.htm
This is a very different version of David dancing before the Ark, taken from a 15th Century illuminated manuscript.

http://www.ebibleteacher.com/
This bible lesson, appropriate for churches rather than schools, provides activities and discussion questions based on this bible story.

Three very different expressions of joy can be viewed at:
http://www.auroville.org/art&culture/dance/joy.htm (a professional dancer expresses joy)
http://www.blessing.org/liberia/ (photo of Liberian children, with clubbed feet, dancing)
http://www.connect.ie/helens/pages2/gaa3d.html (school children's delight at winning a Gaelic football cup).

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