Passover | Pesach

Today is what Christians around the world call "Good Friday".  But the reality is today is Passover (Pesach) and for Christians that translates to the Last Supper.  Today was when the Messiah sat down with his disciples (talmidim) and celebrated the Pesach (Passover) with them.  It's quite sad that Christians don't celebrate this feast ordained by God because if we did, most Christians would see that the whole Passover meal foreshadows Yeshua (Jesus), which is what God had intended.  As a matter of fact...ALL of God's ordained festivals have either been fulfilled by the Messiah OR are waiting to be fulfilled when the Messiah returns!  

As Christians, we don't know why he was called the "Lamb Of God" or that every year during Passover a lamb shank is on the sedar plate during the Passover dinner....guess what that represents?!?!

Watch this amazing video and praise our amazing Lamb Of God!


When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples, “As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”                          Mattityahu (Matthew) 26:1-2 NIV

 The next day, Yochanan (John) saw Yeshua (Jesus) coming toward him and said, “Look! God’s lamb! The one who is taking away the sin of the world!
                  Yochanan (John) 29:1  Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

Resurrection Day | Easter - Konos Unit Links 2018

Resurrection Day | Easter - Konos Unit Links 2018

Day 1 - Palm Sunday

Review Definition of Love/Generosity  pg 1

      Giving With A Happy Heart

Read Objectives

       A.  To appreciate God's Generosity to us

       B.  To give generously

              1.  Cheerful

              2.  Motivated by love

              3.  Appropriate to the person

              4.  Within limits

Start Definitions for Vocabulary

Begin Memorizing John 3:16

Read Luke 19:28-44

    Discuss how the Jewish people expect Jesus to be a physical king for Isreal.

    They were expecting him to rid them of the Roman empire.

    They didn't understand  that he was coming as the King of Heaven and Earth which

    is why later they yelled "crucify him".

Activities:

Listen to Handel's Messiah on Youtube

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

and looked up the verses which were all from scripture.

Discuss Triumphal Entry

The Mount of Olives - Lion and the Lamb Ministries

Make Palm Leaves out of hand prints

        draw around hands on green paper and attach to a stick

Dramatize Jesus' Entry

      Wrap head with towel or flour sack   

       Lay down bath towels

       Say "Blessed be the King that cometh in the

                name of the Lord: Peace in heaven,

                and glory in the highest"

27.  Start Easter Tree - Palm Ornament

    

Day 2- Passover, Maundy Thursday

Review Definition of Love/Generosity  pg 1

      Giving With A Happy Heart

Read Objectives

       A.  To appreciate God's Generosity to us

       B.  To give generously

              1.  Cheerful

              2.  Motivated by love

              3.  Appropriate to the person

              4.  Within limits

Start Definitions for Vocabulary

  

Begin Memorizing John 3:16

Activities:

Copy John 3:16 and decorate to hang up in a place of honor

Read Luke 22:7-30

3.  Observe Da Vinci's Last Supper read about it's history

Last Supper - Khan Academy

4.  Make Unleavened Bread - Matzah Recipe

Handmade Matzah Factory

Watch Prince Of Egypt 

5.  Recline at a table to eat

The Seating Plan at The Last Supper- I'm not catholic but found this fascinating...

6.  Washing one another's feet - Read the activity...there's a lot

History of Feet Washing - Maundy Thursday

My personal note here is that I tried to find scripture about

women having their feet washed and there is none.  It describes

slaves or women washing feet but not free men.

7.  Easter Tree - Clearing The Temple, make birdcage ornament

Listen to Your Story Hour - Betrayal or buy Individual Here

Day 3- Hearing & Trial - Good Friday!

Review Definition of Love/Generosity  pg 1

      Giving With A Happy Heart

Read Objectives

       A.  To appreciate God's Generosity to us

       B.  To give generously

              1.  Cheerful

              2.  Motivated by love

              3.  Appropriate to the person

              4.  Within limits

Make Cross word with definitions for Vocabulary

Make Artwork with John 3:16 to put on mantle

** On Good Friday - Make sure curtains are closed from 9:00am to 3:00pm - darkness and prayer, meditation & quiet

  

Continue Memorizing John 3:16

Activities:

16.  Read Jesus' Trial

17.  Good Friday

18.  He GAVE his life!

22.  Hot Cross Buns!  Recipe for breadmaker

23.  Hot Cross Buns Shout!

27.  Easter Tree - Widow's Mite

Watch and listen to  Were You There When They Crucified My Lord by Johnny Cash on youtube  and watch and listen to  The Old Rugged Cross

Watch - The Robe (make sure you have AdBlock Plus)  or Here but you'll have to pay.

 Listen to Your Story Hour - Trial or buy Individual Here

Day 4 - Easter Around The World

Review Definition of Love/Generosity  pg 1

      Giving With A Happy Heart

Read Objectives

       A.  To appreciate God's Generosity to us

       B.  To give generously

              1.  Cheerful

              2.  Motivated by love

              3.  Appropriate to the person

              4.  Within limits

Make word search with definitions for Vocabulary

Activities:

25.  Easter Symbols

28.  Easter around the world

29. Pysanky Eggs and and even better Ostrich Egg Pysanky!!

30.  Egg Roll

33.  Egg Math

27.  Easter Tree - Bread, loaves, grapes

Make Cross art using cellophane tape and colors...make cross with cellophane tape, color, remove tape

Listen to Your Story Hour - The Road To Skull Hill or Buy Individual Here

Day 5 - Review

Review Definition of Love/Generosity  pg 1

      Giving With A Happy Heart

Read Objectives

       A.  To appreciate God's Generosity to us

       B.  To give generously

              1.  Cheerful

              2.  Motivated by love

              3.  Appropriate to the person

              4.  Within limits

Review the last week of learning!

Listen to Your Story Hour - A Promise To Keep or Buy Individual Here

Activities:

37.  Egg Roll Games

27.  Easter Tree - Lamb of God

  Watch Easter Parade movie  make sure you have an adblocker!
             ot the other site Easter Parade

  Make "He Has Risen" Kite

  Make Resurrection Cookies

  Make Resurrection Buns

HE HAS RISEN!!!  :)

***Here's my link to how I plan KONOS using sticky notes - it's super fast once you get the hang of it

Reformation Day - Martin Luther Was Anti-Semitic

Today marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

Like so many people we use to celebrate October 31 not with Halloween (a pagan holiday) but with Reformation Day....the celebration of Martin Luther nailing the 95 theses to the door of the church.   You know, Martin Luther...the guy who starts the Reformation and why we have a Protestant faith in the first place.  

He's a big deal...except...I started finding out some pretty unpleasant and downright disgusting stuff about him AND what he wrote about Jews.  Need some proof?....I know what you might be thinking...Hey that's Wikipedia...anybody can write that stuff...Um...except the original is here.   He's basically talking about genocide...and we celebrate him? This is the same pamphlet that would get reprinted during Nazi Germany over and over...need I say more?

As I started searching I found a lot of very knowledgable people trying to explain away the spewing of hatred in that pamphlet (and Martin Luther wrote others).  But here is the best essay I've seen about Martin Luther's "On The Jews and Their Lies" that points to the fact that he WAS  both anti-semitic and anti-Judaic.   

Now if the Martin Luther thing isn't horrible enough...there is actually a sculpture (more like a bas relief) of something called a “Judensau” or “Jew pig” carving at the Wittenberg church where Martin Luther preached!  Here's an article about these anti-semitic sculptures....because there is more than one!  


I think it's time we actually start teaching the truth about what our "church" leaders were really up to and the real church history.  I mean something is seriously broken when we make someone a hero (and teach it to our kids) who is capable of saying and inspiring such horrendous stuff.


The best quote I think is from Dr. Christopher Probst, the author of the rebuttal article, on how to deal with this:

If Protestant Christians are to sincerely proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all peoples, including Jews, such an enterprise must be entered into with full knowledge of the horrendous mistakes – indeed sins - of Christian forebears, including Luther’s.  They cannot breezily dissociate themselves from their Christian past when it saves them embarrassment and shame to do so.  Protestant Christians also believe that Jesus died for sinners.  Public acknowledgement and confession of such sins can serve as an example of integrity and humility to others and be a means to make the Good News of Christianity attractive to them.

 "But you, explain what kind of behavior goes along with sound teaching. 2 Tell the older men to be serious, sensible, self-controlled and sound in their trust, love and perseverance.

6 Similarly, urge the young men to be self-controlled, 7 and in everything set them an example yourself by doing what is good. When you are teaching, have integrity and be serious; 8 let everything you say be so wholesome that an opponent will be put to shame because he will have nothing bad to say about us."

Titus 2:1-2, 6-8