Detailed action figures of Jesus and the angel at the tomb provide Bible storytelling possiblities for home and church school as well as playtime fun. Created by BIBLEQUEST, this pair is 5" tall with lifelike features and garbed in clothing from Bible times. Figures are fashioned of durable plastic and are fully jointed. Each box displays the story details on the back. Recommended for children age four and older. Realistic tomb with roll-away stone, angel with wings, Jesus with nailprints in hands and feet - all attest to the detail and authenticity with which this set was created. Tell the Resurrection story with even more detail when you add the Witnesses, the disciples, and the Roman Soldiers, available at Christianbook.com.
Jesus Ascends
To Remember: Jesus lives and will return again Vocabulary
Jesus did not come to the earth in a physical body like
ours. F
Jesus sent the apostles to teach the world about Him.
T
Jesus said, "He who believes shall be saved."
F (Jesus said, He who believes and is baptized shall be saved.)
Jesus left through the sky. T
An angel told the apostles that Jesus would never
return. F
Craft: Have colored paper in blue, green, and white available. Print and cut to
separate the color graphics of
Jesus. Have students use a blue paper as a background and cut out and apply
a green bottom for grass on a short end of the paper. Then have them cut out and
apply white clouds. Cut out a "tab"
for each Jesus. Fold tabs on dotted line. Glue the short end to each Jesus
on the back of the torso, so that the long end sticks up over his head. Cut a
slit in each blue background in the center from about 2 inches from the top,
down to about the center of the page (white dotted line on image at left).
Insert the long tab through the slit until the Jesus image lays flat against the
blue page. Show students how Jesus can "ascend" from on the ground to the sky by
pulling the long tab up!
Activity -
Follow the Leader: Play a quick game of follow the leader, only have the
leader act out Jesus' return. Have the "dead" laying down and rise first, then
the "living" follow Jesus back to "heaven".
Object Lesson:
Use a Jesus action figure and tie transparent fishing line to its arms. Lift it
up to the ceiling to demonstrate Jesus' ascension into the clouds. (submitted by
reader Cassie!)
What does it mean to ascend? to go up, be lifted up
What is the "second coming"? when Jesus returns to
raise us all
Name the apostles.
activity questions
Act out the apostles watching Jesus ascend.
Draw a magnificent cloud in the sky.
Describe heaven.
emotion questions
How do you think the apostles felt as they watched
Jesus ascend? (amazed, wondrous, impressed)
What will it be like to see Jesus return?
Do you look forward to or dread the end of time? Why?
application questions
How does knowing Christ will return affect how I act?
(I try to do what is pleasing to Him, I have hope in the future)
Why was Jesus lifted up? Why was he different from
other men? (he was eternally raised from the dead, never to die again. His
ascension is proof of his spiritual nature, and proof that God was elevating
him to a position of power and glory.)
If Christ's final command was to teach others about
Him, what should we spend our time here doing?
fact questions
Who saw Jesus ascend? (His disciples and angels.)
What did the angels say to the disciples? (That Jesus
would return in a similar manner.)
Where did Jesus go? (to heaven, on the right hand of
God)
review questions
In what way will our resurrection and ascension be like
Christ's? (we will be in an incorruptible body, we will meet him in the sky)
If Jesus is in heaven ruling, what does he rule over?
(all powers and authorities on earth and in heaven)
Is there any better source for how to be saved than
Christ himself? Can we argue with his instructions for making disciples?
(no)
Craft: Have colored paper in blue, green, and white available. Print and cut to
separate 
linguistic questions
activity questions 
emotion questions 
application questions 
fact questions 
review questions 
