Changed In The Twinkling Of An Eye
This event has a fall theme and a new year’s theme.
The memory verse is : 1 Corinthians 15:52
The Bible truth is “In the twinkling of an eye we will be changed.”
1. Open in prayer
2. Introduction
The Feast of the Trumpets is also known as Rosh Hashanah or the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the fall feasts. Rosh Hashana means, literally, “head of the year” or “first of the year.“ It is the Jewish New Year. The Feast of Trumpets, points to the rapture , when the Messiah will appear in the heavens as a bridegroom coming for His bride, the church. The feast of trumpets also points to spiritual warfare. As Christians we should put on the whole armor of God so that we can stand against the attacks of the enemy. Jesus is our armor because He defeated Satan.
Ephesians 6:11-13 “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
Some Bible scholars feel that this feast will be fulfilled when Jesus returns to catch away His Bride (rapture), the church to celebrate the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in Heaven, then return to the earth seven years later on the Day of Atonement to establish His Kingdom beginning on the Feast of Tabernacles. The rapture is associated in scripture with the blowing of a loud trumpet.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 NKJV “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.”
1 Corinthians 15:52 NKJV “…For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
Rosh Hashanah is about repentance, redemption, looking forward the coming of the Messiah.
3. Praise and Worship Songs
1. ________________________________________
2. _______________________________________
4. Memory Verse
1 Corinthians 15:52 NKJV “… For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
5. A Sign Of God’s Grace
The blowing of the trumpets is a sign of the return of Christ and a memorial of God’s grace to Abraham when He substituted a ram to be sacrificed instead of Isaac.
Genesis 22:1-14 NKJV “Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.” So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together. Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.” And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
Isaac is a type of foreshadowing of Christ. Just as Abraham offered his son on the altar, God offered His Son on Calvary’s altar.
Hebrews 11:17-19 NKJV “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, ‘In Isaac your seed shall be called,’ concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in figurative sense.”
6. Game – “Jig-Saw” Relay Race
Need: 2 red poster boards and 2 small baskets
Draw a large apple on each poster board, then write the memory verse on each apple, Cut the poster board apple into an equal number of pieces. Keep each one separate.
Divide the group into two teams. Line up the two teams in lines. Place the puzzles in two small baskets a short distance from the teams. At a signal the first person on each team must go to the puzzle pieces and put their puzzle together. Once the puzzle is together they must read it out loud, then put the puzzle back in the basket and run back to their team. The next person will do the same. The team that finishes first is the winner.
7. Self- Examination
Rosh Hashanah (the Feast of Trumpets) is observed in the Jewish month of Tishrei. The Feast of Trumpets requires a preparing of the spirit.
1 Corinthians 11:31-32 NKJV “For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.”
Each person is to take time to look back in self-examination over the events and emotions of the previous year. They are to judge their own life, not someone else’s.
Matthew 7:1-5 NKJV “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
To be part of the rapture of the church also requires a preparing of the spirit. You must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ to be the Bride of Christ. Special prayers are recited during this festival. The prayers emphasize God’s mercy, benevolence and forgiveness.
Matthew 6:12-15 NKJV “And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Debt – something owed to somebody, obligation, sin: a sin or trespass
Trespass – to intrude on somebody’s privacy or time, to commit a sin, a wrongdoing, to go onto somebody else’s land or enter somebody else’s property without permission, to cause injury to a person, property, or the rights of another.
The prayers encourage us to reflect on our deeds. This is a time of offering forgiveness and seeking reconciliation with others. It is a time that people should “awake” and correct their ways.
2 Corinthians 5:18-21 NKJV “Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
8. Special Services, Observances, and Customs
During the Feast of Trumpets many Jewish people attend special services where the Scriptures are read and songs of redemption are sung. Psalm 93-100 are believed to have been composed for Rosh Hashanah.
A popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol for a sweet new year. The following blessing is recited before the apples are eaten. “Blessed are You, O Lord our God. King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the tree.”
A custom still widely observed is the ceremony of Tashlikh. During the ceremony you throw bread crumbs into a river, lake, or large body of water. This symbolically represents your sins being cast away from you.
Micah 7:19 NKJV “He will again have compassion on us, and subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.”
9. Game – Pass The Apple
A popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol for a sweet new year. The following blessing is recited before the apples are eaten. “Blessed are You, O Lord our God. King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the tree.”
Need : 2 apples
Divide the class into two teams. Line the children up in separate rows. Give the first person on each team an apple. At the signal they will pass the apple to the person behind them and they will pass it to the person behind them. When the apple reaches the end the person on the end will run to the front of the line and say, “Blessed are You, O Lord our God. King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the tree.” Then they will pass the apple to the person behind them. This process continues until the original person is back at the front of the line. The team that finishes first is the winner.
10. The Shofar
The shofar is blown on Rosh Hashanah. The end of the shofar is curved and bent as a reminder to bend in respect of God. The shofar sounds something like a trumpet. During Biblical times trumpets were used in giving signals of war, to alert the people, and to call the people together
The shofar makes several different sounds, each one has a different meaning.
1. Tekiah-calls a man to search his heart, abandon his evil ways, and seek God’s forgiveness through repentance.
2. Shevarim- it represents the sorrow that a person feels when they realize that they are wrong (that they are a sinner), and they desire to change their ways (to repent).
3. Teruah-calls man to stand by the banner of the Lord.
4. Tekiah Gedolah- represents the final invitation to sincere repentance and atonement (forgiveness).
The sound of the shofar is meant to:
1. be a rousing call to repentance on the part of the individual.
2. awaken everyone to make them remember the One and Only Creator
3. remind the people to forsake evil ways
4. draw men back to God
11. Game – With The Sound Of A Trumpet
1 Corinthians 15:52 NKJV “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
Need: Toy horns (such as a party favor), one for each child playing and a sign with the memory verse written on it.
Divide the class into two teams and line them up in two rows. A short distance from the children set up a table. Place the sign on or above the table so that the children can see it, and place the horns on the table. At the signal, the first person on each team will run to the table and say the memory verse, then pick up a horn and blow it. They will then run back to their team (with their horn) and the next person in line will repeat the process. The team that finished first is the winner.
11. Repentance
Repentance is turning from sin to God; changing your mind concerning sin, God, and yourself. It means to “turn back” to God. Repentance, Teshuvah in Hebrew, literally means “turning back” to God. During this feast, the people examine their lives. They judge themselves. What have they done that God likes this past year? What have they done that God dislikes this past year? Prayers are offered up to God asking Him to write their name in the Book of Life.
Exodus 32:33 NKJV “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.’”
Moses went up the mountain to meet with God. It was there that God gave him the ten commandments. While Moses was on the mountain, the people grew tired of waiting. They made themselves a golden calf to worship. The wrath of God grew against them. Moses asks that his name be “blotted out of the book” if God will not forgive the sins of the people.
Exodus 32:31-32 NKJV “Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, ‘Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold! Yet now, if You will forgive their sin- but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written.”
Deut. 9:13-14 NKJV “Furthermore the Lord spoke to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people and indeed they are a stiff-necked people. Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.”
Several places in the Bible make reference to sins being “blotted out”, to names being “blotted out”, and to names being “written” in the Book of Life.
Psalm 69:28 NKJV “Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.”
2 Kings 14:27 NKJV “And the Lord did not say the He would blot out the name of Israel from under the heaven; but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.”
Psalm 9:5 NKJV “You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.”
Philippians 4:3 NKJV “And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.”
Revelation 3:5 NKJV “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.”
Revelation 20:12 NKJV “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.”
Revelation 20:15 NKJV “And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Revelation 21:27 NKJV “But there by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”
Our prayer should be that of David.
Psalms 51:1-2 NKJV “Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.”
12. Game – Review Tic-Tac – Toe
Need: poster board, 16 index cards and tape
Draw a large tic-tac-toe board on the poster board. On 8 index cards write a “O” and on 8 index cards write an “X”. Divide the class into two teams. Place the tic-tac-toe board a short distance from the teams. Give one team the “O” cards and the other team the “X” cards. Ask the teams questions, one at a time. If they answer the question correctly the may place one of their cards on the board. The first team that gets three of their cards in a row is the winner.
Review Questions For Game
1. The Feast of the Trumpets is also known as Rosh Hashanah or the Jewish ________ __________.
New Year
2. The Feast of Trumpets, points to the _____________, when Jesus will appear in the heavens as a bridegroom coming for His bride, the church.
Rapture
3. The feast of trumpets also points to ________________ warfare.
Spiritual
4. As Christians we should put on the whole ___________ ______ _________ so that we can stand against the attacks of the enemy.
armor of God
5. Rosh Hashanah is about ____________________, redemption, looking forward the coming of Jesus.
Repentance
6. The blowing of the trumpets is a sign of the _______________ of Christ and a ________________ of God’s grace to Abraham.
Return memorial
7. During Rosh Hashanah (the Feast of Trumpets) each person is to take time to look back in _____________________________ over the events and emotions of the previous year.
self-examination
8. To be part of the rapture of the church you must have a __________________ relationship with Jesus Christ.
Personal
9. What do the prayers recited during Rosh Hashanah (the Feast of Trumpets) emphasize?
God’s mercy, benevolence and forgiveness
10. What does debt mean?
something owed to somebody, obligation, sin: a sin or trespass
11. What does trespass mean?
to intrude on somebody’s privacy or time, to commit a sin, a wrongdoing, to go onto somebody else’s land or enter somebody else’s property without permission, to cause injury to a person, property, or the rights of another
12. The prayers during Rosh Hashanah (the Feast of Trumpets) encourage people to reflect on their ____________.
deeds
13. Rosh Hashanah (the Feast of Trumpets) is a time of offering forgiveness and seeking ___________________________ with others.
reconciliation
14. During the Feast of Trumpets many Jewish people attend special services where the Scriptures are read and songs of _______________________ are sung.
redemption
15. A popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in _____________, a symbol for a sweet new year.
honey
16. During the ceremony of Tashlikh, you throw bread crumbs into a river, lake, or large body of water. This symbolically represents your ___________ being cast away from you.
sins
17. The end of the shofar is curved and bent as a reminder to bend in ____________ of God.
respect
18. During Biblical times trumpets were used in giving signals of war, to ____________ the people, and to __________ the people together
alert call
19. The sound of the shofar is meant to:
* be a rousing call to ______________________ on the part of the individual.
repentance
* awaken everyone to make them __________________ the One and Only Creator
remember
* remind the people to ________________ evil ways
forsake
* draw men __________ to God
back
20. Repentance is ________________ __________ ________ to God; changing your mind concerning sin, God, and yourself.
turning from sin
21. Repentance, Teshuvah in Hebrew, literally means “______________ ______________“ to God.
turning back
13. Redemption
Redemption is gaining back from another something that you have owned before. To buy back for the purpose of setting free from obligation, bondage, or danger. Redemption is salvation from sin, death, and the wrath of God by Christ’s sacrifice.
Psalms 107:2 NKJV “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy”
John 8:36 NKJV “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”
Galatians 3:13 NKJV “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.”).”
Romans 3:24 NKJV “Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”
13. Worship Song – __________________________________
14. Challenge – Jesus Is Returning
Jesus is returning for His bride, for all who have accepted Him as their Lord and Savior. This future event is sometimes referred to as the rapture. In order to participate in the rapture, you must repent, turn away from sin and toward God, through the blood of Jesus Christ. Then you will be redeemed.
God loves every person and sent His Son so that everyone could be spared punishment. However, He cannot and will not allow sin to go unpunished. There is everlasting punishment for all who have not accepted God’s way of salvation. Salvation only comes through Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Everyone who accepts Jesus Christ as their Lord and their Savior will have everlasting life in a new heaven and new earth. They will live forever in the presence of God.
Revelation 20:15 NKJV “And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Revelation 21:27 NKJV “But there by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”
Has your name been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life?
David’s Prayer
Psalms 51:1-2 NKJV “Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.”
15. Refreshments or a light meal
16. Craft
17. Dismissal
My Whole Heart
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