Page 7 - FOUNDATIONS FOR LIFE; EXPLORING GOD’S UNIVERSE

Learning for Life (Fulfilment)

1. The children should recognise God as the author and ruler of nations, who loves them
all.

2. The children will hopefully begin to acquire a sense of national identity and loyalty
as well as a desire to respect and honour people from all the nations of the world.

MAPPING THE NATIONS

Truth to Teach (Source)

Acts 17:26 ‘From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit

the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the
exact places where they should live.’

 God has allotted land to particular nations, and these are shown on a globe or a

map.

 We can take bird’s eye views of the nations of the earth.

 The nations are divided up into continents.

Way to Work (Means)

1. Review the first lesson.

2. Talk about the big family of God’s people from every nation which will be in heaven
one day. God sees every single person in every nation even now.

3. God can look at the earth from above and see the land he has allowed each nation to
have. People going into space or in aeroplanes or helicopters can also see the land
just like the birds which fly high in the sky. We say that they can have a bird’s eye
view of the lands. When we look down on something small we can have a bird’s eye

view too.

Let the children stand on their chairs and look down on a small object, eg a sharpener,
tissue box and observe how different it looks from above than from the side.

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