This is a good object lesson to use when teaching about Jesus and His followers on the road to Emmaus.
Play a game where you have several objects covered with cloths. Give the students clues about one of the objects and have them try to guess what the object is. For example if you have a pencil under the cloth, you might use clues such as: It is long and skinny...It is yellow...It is pointy on one end...It is a school supply...
Whichever student guesses correctly first gets to peek at the next object and offer clues for the other students to guess the object.
Explain to the students that first the objects were hidden or concealed under the cloths, but the clues given helped them figure out what was under the cloth. When you lifted the cloth, you revealed what was underneath.
Read the story of the road to Emmaus from Luke 24 to students. Emphasize that verse 27 says that Jesus taught them all about HIMSELF starting with Moses and going all the way through the Old Testament. That means the books Moses wrote (Genesis through Deuteronomy) and all the rest of the Old Testament all point to Jesus. He was in the Old Testament concealed and in the New Testament revealed. Ask students if they have you ever watched the TV show Extreme Makeover Home Edition. They send the family on vacation while they build them a new house, then when the family comes home, they park the giant bus in front of the new house, so the family can’t see it. When the family gets out of the car, everyone yells, “Move that bus!” then their new house, which was concealed before is now revealed for them to see.
This is a good way to introduce various ways the Old Testament points to Jesus and the new covenant of Grace.
What activities do you have that teach how the whole Bible points to Jesus?
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