2) Lighthouse Lessons
We've just finished our second week using the Lighthouse Lessons. We
have a bright group of 10-13 children attending. Last week we made
our Lighthouse Lantern Memory Keepers and will hang them up this
week. (Pictures to follow.) I wanted to share with you what one of
the girls said as we moved through the "Glory Scenarios,"
those times in Scripture where God showed up in light and glory. If
you're using this curriculum then you'll know we introduce 10 glory
occasions in Lesson One. One of the girls raised her hand and said,
"But what about the Flaming Sword in the Garden of Eden? (We
had discussed the flaming sword in "Signs
of the Times.")
I acknowledged her statement
and said that's a great observation, but didn't really consider it
until later. Upon further consideration, I think she's absolutely
correct! In fact, the rest of God showing up in his glory is pivotal
to that Flaming Sword! God placed the Sword at the entrance to the
garden so that Adam and Eve couldn't eat of the Tree of Life IN
THEIR SINFUL state. Because if they had, the entire human race would
have been eternally condemned. BUT GOD, in his mercy, placed a
protection over the garden, in the same way he set boundaries at the
foot of the Fiery Mountain so that the people wouldn't be consumed,
see Exodus 19:16-23.
Praise God, from the mouths of
babes!
