Exploring Biblical Covenants | Rainbow and God's Promises BUNDLE (Lesson/Slides)
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Introduce your students to the powerful concept of covenants in the Bible with this engaging, interactive curriculum designed for grades 4-8. Through the Noahic Covenant (with the rainbow as the sign of the covenant) students will discover the difference between promises, contracts, and covenants—and most importantly, they’ll learn how God always keeps His promises!
Lesson Highlights:
✴️A Relatable Story – The lesson begins with an engaging real-life scenario: an uncle who does everything possible to keep his promise to his niece, but unforeseen obstacles (like a traffic jam) delay him. This sets the stage for a meaningful discussion on the differences between our ability to keep promises (that can be hindered even with the best of intentions) versus God’s unfailing ability to keep His promises because He is sovereign over all circumstances.
✴️Interactive Activities – Students will define and compare the terms promises, contracts, and covenants using a fun classification game.
✴️Hands-On Bible Study – In this color-coding activity, students explore Genesis 9:8-17, and mark key elements of God’s covenant with Noah, including the word covenant (which occurs seven times in this short passage), the participants of the covenant, the promises of the covenant, the symbol of the covenant and the duration of the covenant.
✝️ What Have I Learned about Jesus Today?
At the end of this lesson (and every lesson in this series), we invite students to ponder the thought-provoking question: "What have you learned about JESUS today?" In this lesson, students reflect on how God’s faithfulness to Noah foreshadows the fulfillment of His greatest promise—our redemption through Jesus. God promised to send a Savior who would reverse the curse of sin and death which makes Jesus “The Promise”! Praise God for His faithful promise keeping to us!
What’s Included?
✅ Comprehensive 13-page lesson plan with clear DO/SAY/READ instructions
✅ Promise vs. Contract vs. Covenant definition worksheets
✅ Color-Coding the Covenant Worksheet + Answer Key
✅ "The Promise" Stepping Stone
✅ PowerPoint Slides : 30 slides will keep your students engaged during the story of broken promises in the introduction as well as during the “Promise? Contract? Covenant?” game which, in addition to showing relevant pictures, also serves to “reveal” the correct answers. Slide numbers are included in the lesson for your convenience.
⏰️Flexible Scheduling: This 3-4 hour lesson can be spread over multiple days with clearly labeled stopping points.
✝️ Perfect for Sunday school, homeschool or Christian school classrooms! Each lesson unit in our Walking Alongside Jesus series is divided into five sections, each section takes between 30 minutes to an hour. This allows homeschool and Christian school teachers to use it daily in the classroom (thereby completing an entire unit in aweek) OR in a Sunday School classroom or youth group once a week (thereby completing an entire unit in a month).
✔️Our goal with each lesson is to combine scholarly study in a fun, interactive way so that students not only experience the rich Biblical narrative but also to whet their appetite for more by learning how to study the Scriptures for themselves.
Save time and shop with confidence. Watch the lesson preview video here!
Introduce your students to the powerful concept of covenants in the Bible with this engaging, interactive curriculum designed for grades 4-8. Through the Noahic Covenant (with the rainbow as the sign of the covenant) students will discover the difference between promises, contracts, and covenants—and most importantly, they’ll learn how God always keeps His promises!
Lesson Highlights:
✴️A Relatable Story – The lesson begins with an engaging real-life scenario: an uncle who does everything possible to keep his promise to his niece, but unforeseen obstacles (like a traffic jam) delay him. This sets the stage for a meaningful discussion on the differences between our ability to keep promises (that can be hindered even with the best of intentions) versus God’s unfailing ability to keep His promises because He is sovereign over all circumstances.
✴️Interactive Activities – Students will define and compare the terms promises, contracts, and covenants using a fun classification game.
✴️Hands-On Bible Study – In this color-coding activity, students explore Genesis 9:8-17, and mark key elements of God’s covenant with Noah, including the word covenant (which occurs seven times in this short passage), the participants of the covenant, the promises of the covenant, the symbol of the covenant and the duration of the covenant.
✝️ What Have I Learned about Jesus Today?
At the end of this lesson (and every lesson in this series), we invite students to ponder the thought-provoking question: "What have you learned about JESUS today?" In this lesson, students reflect on how God’s faithfulness to Noah foreshadows the fulfillment of His greatest promise—our redemption through Jesus. God promised to send a Savior who would reverse the curse of sin and death which makes Jesus “The Promise”! Praise God for His faithful promise keeping to us!
What’s Included?
✅ Comprehensive 13-page lesson plan with clear DO/SAY/READ instructions
✅ Promise vs. Contract vs. Covenant definition worksheets
✅ Color-Coding the Covenant Worksheet + Answer Key
✅ "The Promise" Stepping Stone
✅ PowerPoint Slides : 30 slides will keep your students engaged during the story of broken promises in the introduction as well as during the “Promise? Contract? Covenant?” game which, in addition to showing relevant pictures, also serves to “reveal” the correct answers. Slide numbers are included in the lesson for your convenience.
⏰️Flexible Scheduling: This 3-4 hour lesson can be spread over multiple days with clearly labeled stopping points.
✝️ Perfect for Sunday school, homeschool or Christian school classrooms! Each lesson unit in our Walking Alongside Jesus series is divided into five sections, each section takes between 30 minutes to an hour. This allows homeschool and Christian school teachers to use it daily in the classroom (thereby completing an entire unit in aweek) OR in a Sunday School classroom or youth group once a week (thereby completing an entire unit in a month).
✔️Our goal with each lesson is to combine scholarly study in a fun, interactive way so that students not only experience the rich Biblical narrative but also to whet their appetite for more by learning how to study the Scriptures for themselves.
Save time and shop with confidence. Watch the lesson preview video here!
Introduce your students to the powerful concept of covenants in the Bible with this engaging, interactive curriculum designed for grades 4-8. Through the Noahic Covenant (with the rainbow as the sign of the covenant) students will discover the difference between promises, contracts, and covenants—and most importantly, they’ll learn how God always keeps His promises!
Lesson Highlights:
✴️A Relatable Story – The lesson begins with an engaging real-life scenario: an uncle who does everything possible to keep his promise to his niece, but unforeseen obstacles (like a traffic jam) delay him. This sets the stage for a meaningful discussion on the differences between our ability to keep promises (that can be hindered even with the best of intentions) versus God’s unfailing ability to keep His promises because He is sovereign over all circumstances.
✴️Interactive Activities – Students will define and compare the terms promises, contracts, and covenants using a fun classification game.
✴️Hands-On Bible Study – In this color-coding activity, students explore Genesis 9:8-17, and mark key elements of God’s covenant with Noah, including the word covenant (which occurs seven times in this short passage), the participants of the covenant, the promises of the covenant, the symbol of the covenant and the duration of the covenant.
✝️ What Have I Learned about Jesus Today?
At the end of this lesson (and every lesson in this series), we invite students to ponder the thought-provoking question: "What have you learned about JESUS today?" In this lesson, students reflect on how God’s faithfulness to Noah foreshadows the fulfillment of His greatest promise—our redemption through Jesus. God promised to send a Savior who would reverse the curse of sin and death which makes Jesus “The Promise”! Praise God for His faithful promise keeping to us!
What’s Included?
✅ Comprehensive 13-page lesson plan with clear DO/SAY/READ instructions
✅ Promise vs. Contract vs. Covenant definition worksheets
✅ Color-Coding the Covenant Worksheet + Answer Key
✅ "The Promise" Stepping Stone
✅ PowerPoint Slides : 30 slides will keep your students engaged during the story of broken promises in the introduction as well as during the “Promise? Contract? Covenant?” game which, in addition to showing relevant pictures, also serves to “reveal” the correct answers. Slide numbers are included in the lesson for your convenience.
⏰️Flexible Scheduling: This 3-4 hour lesson can be spread over multiple days with clearly labeled stopping points.
✝️ Perfect for Sunday school, homeschool or Christian school classrooms! Each lesson unit in our Walking Alongside Jesus series is divided into five sections, each section takes between 30 minutes to an hour. This allows homeschool and Christian school teachers to use it daily in the classroom (thereby completing an entire unit in aweek) OR in a Sunday School classroom or youth group once a week (thereby completing an entire unit in a month).
✔️Our goal with each lesson is to combine scholarly study in a fun, interactive way so that students not only experience the rich Biblical narrative but also to whet their appetite for more by learning how to study the Scriptures for themselves.
❓️FAQS❓️
What Christian perspective is used for these Bible lessons?
I am an evangelical Christian who writes Bible curriculum for older students, and I take this tremendous responsibility seriously. Each lesson has a clear focus on what God says in His Word and the lessons are presented age appropriately, thoughtfully and biblically.
What translation of the Bible is used? 99% of the time I use the ESV although on rare occasion I might use another translation such as the NIV.
How can this Bible curriculum be used? These lessons are flexible enough to be used in the following settings:
Children's Sunday School class
Youth Group
Private Christian school Bible class
Chapel for Christian schools
Children's Church
Homeschool Bible class
Family Bible time
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