marked “Priest.” You w ill notice that it reaches from God to Israel. The priest, being human and sin ful, did not always do that which was right in the sight of God. E li is an example of the priest’s failure. Because of E li’s failure, the Lord said to him, “. . . I w ill raise me up a faithful priest” (1 Sam. 2:35 ). Concerning our Lord Jesus Christ it was written: “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin” (Heb. 4 :15 ). OBJECTS: The circle and triangles used in the last lesson, and another triangle the same size, mounted on flannel, on which the word “Prophet” is printed. LESSON: We have the circle and tri angles from last week’s lesson to assist us today. We will put them on the board where they were when we closed the last lesson. In today’s lesson we are to learn how God in another way tried to touch the nation of Israel. Here is a triangle marked “Prophet.” You will notice that it reaches from God to the nation of Israel. The work of the prophet differed from the work of the priest. The priest was supposed to represent the nation before God— making confession and sacrifice for their sins. The prophet was God’s representative before men—delivering God’s message to the nation of Is rael. Samuel was one of Israel’s great prophets. Through him Israel had many victories. It was he who, after a victory, set up a stone and “. . . called . . . it Ebenezer, saying, Hither to hath the L ord helped us” (1 Sam.- 7:12). Samuel was quick to realize that the Lord’s mighty power gave victory rather thaii the strength and wisdom of men. Some of the greatest men of the Old Testament were God’s prophets, but even they did not accomplish all that God desired because of the sinfulness of the nation of Israel. Feb. 17, 1957 P r o p h e t a n d P e o p l e
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Object Lessons
Illustrated by Gladys Bowman
By Elmer L. Wilder, Th.D.
of God, they would be much happier and would make their children happy and useful. Boys and girls too who keep in touch with God will be used by Him in bringing others to the house of God. OBJECTS: A circle of paper 161/4 inches in diameter, two paper tri angles 6 inches long on each side, and a large piece of plywood or plaster board covered with dark flannel. (Cut a hole in the center of the paper cir cle 1214 inches in diameter, leaving a rim 2 inches in width. W ith a crayon, print the word “God” on one triangle, and the word “Priest” on the other. On the large circle print “Nation of Israel.” Mount flannel on the back of the circle and triangles which w ill cause them to stick to the flannel-covered board.) LESSON: This circle which I am put ting on the board is to remind us of the nation of Israel. I am placing a triangle marked “God” in the center Feb. 10, 1957 P r ie s t a n d P e o p l e
Feb. 3, 1957 H a n n a h ’ s H o m e
OBJECTS: A magnet, a large nail, a small nail, a picture of a home (pref erably a stucco one, not unlike an Oriental home) and a picture of a
church. (Mount the two pictures on pieces of cardboard.) LESSON: These two nails are so much like two people mentioned in the B i ble that I have named the large one Hannah and the small one Samuel. Hannah was a wise mother. She be lieved in keeping the promise she made before Samuel’s birth (1 Sam. 1:11), and to keep that promise she had to take the boy Samuel to the house of God for him to serve there. Here is a picture of a house to remind us of Hannah’s home where Samuel was bom. While Hannah did not go to a church such as we attend, this picture of a modem building will suggest to us the house of God at Shiloh where she went to worship. This large white magnet will re mind us of the power of God. It takes hold of Hannah and carries her along. Often God’s power caused her to go from her home to the house of God to worship. How was Hannah to fulfill her promise to let Samuel serve God? If this large nail keeps in contact with the magnet, it can pick up the little nail easily and can carry it from the home on one end of the table to the church on the other end of the table. But if the large nail does not keep in contact with the magnet, it cannot lift the small nail. In 1 Samuel 1:24, we are told about Hannah’s taking Samuel to the house of the Lord. If, like Hannah, parents today would keep in touch with God and would lead their children to the house
of the circle. (Place with the point up.) It has always been God’s desire to dwell in the midst of His people Israel in order that they might wor ship Him and live righteously. The nation of Israel was sinful and worldly. T h e r e f o r e , they needed someone to teach them God’s plan of salvation and to offer sacrifices for their sins. You w ill notice that the triangle, representing God in the mid dle of the circle, does not touch the sides of the circle. In order that God might reach the nation of Israel and that they in turn might reach Him through sacrifices and offerings, He instituted the priesthood. Here we have another triangle
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