Transcript Elijah stood very still

Junior and/or
Earliteen
Sabbath School
December 13, 2008
This Quarter the Thirteenth Sabbath
Offering is going to the
Northern Asia-Pacific Division
China
Mongolia
Information adapted from
Adventist Mission, Youth and
Adult Magazine and the SDA
Encyclopedia.
North Korea
This quarter the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
will be used to help:

build a dormitory for Adventist students in
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

fund Chinese-language television and
Internet broadcasts from Taiwan

plant a Chinese-language church in the
heart of Tokyo, Japan
The Northern Asia-Pacific Division consists of China, Japan,
Mongolia, North and South Korea, and Taiwan. With 1.5
billion people, roughly a quarter of the world’s population,
the Northern Asia-Pacific Division is the most populous
division in the world.
Focus on Mongolia
Mongolian culture dates back thousands of years. At one time the
Mongols, as the people of Mongolia are known, formed the largest
empire in the world under the leadership of Genghis Khan, a fierce
warrior. For centuries Mongolians have been nomadic cattle herders,
raising sheep, horses, camels, and goats on the grasslands that stretch
across the country. These nomadic people live in portable felt-covered
homes called gers. Their homes keep them from freezing in one of the
coldest regions inhabited by humans.
Mongolia is a hard-to-reach
country, both physically and
spiritually. Forty percent of
Mongolia’s 3 million people claim
no religion. The majority of
young adults are atheists while
many of the older generation
have reconnected with their
Buddhist roots. Mongolian
culture makes it difficult for
young people to share their faith
with their elders, and there were
no Adventists in the country until
after 1991 when nearly 70 years
of atheistic communist rule
ended.
Buddhist monastery in
Ulaanbaatar
The first Seventh-day Adventist church
members in modern Mongolia were baptized in
1993 after a couple sent by Adventist Frontier
Mission, an Adventist lay ministry, went to
Mongolia. The first Adventist church was
established in 1997 with 26 members.
Things are changing in Mongolia.
These kids are getting to learn about
Jesus.
Today there are some 1,200 Seventh-day
Adventists, mostly in their 30s or younger, in
Mongolia. One fifth of these Adventists are college
students who move to the capital city, Ulaanbaatar
[OOH-lahn-BAH-tr], to study.
Tsolmontuya Nergui
Youth leave their villages
to study in the universities
of the capital city. But
living accommodations
are expensive and
difficult to find. Part of
this quarter’s Thirteenth
Sabbath Offering will help
provide a dormitory for
some of the 250 Adventist
college-age students
seeking an education in
Ulaanbaatar.
The dormitory will provide leadership training as
well as living accommodations for the next
generation of leaders in the still-young church in
Mongolia. Please give a generous offering this
Thirteenth Sabbath.
Collect Offering
Exploring God’s World
In this section we study one of the countries in the division where our Thirteenth Sabbath offering is going.
Today we are going to
learn about Taiwan
Where is Taiwan
Taiwan’s Flag
Time for the
Mission Story
We are taking the good news to the
entire world.
Read the Mission Story on pages 24 and 25 of the Fourth Quarter Adventist Mission Youth and Adult Magazine
while slowly progressing through the next 3 slides.
The name of
the person in
the story is
“Hyun
Jung.”
This story is from Korea.
The title of the story is “Stepping Into the
Sea.”
Lesson Study
Time
Today we will read about:
Magi and a Messiah
Photo by Neva MacPhee
Have you ever gone somewhere
that you had only a few clues
about?
Photo by Neva MacPhee
The Magi were in that kind of
situation while searching for
Jesus.
Photo by Neva MacPhee
About the only thing they knew
was that He was a king.
Photo by Neva MacPhee
Even though their journey was
going to be long, their ultimate
goal was to find and worship
Him.
Photo by Neva MacPhee
Power Text
1 Chronicles 16:8, 9, NIV
“Give thanks to the Lord, call on
his name; make known among the
nations what he has done. Sing to
him, sing praise to him; tell of all
his wonderful acts.”
Photo by Neva MacPhee
Power Point
We worship by giving
gifts to Jesus.
“That must be it!” said the chief
philosopher.
“I’m sure it is,” replied one of his
traveling companions.
“Finally,” sighed the other one. “I
thought we’d never get here!”
The Magi from the East had
left their homes several
months ago in search of
the new King.
Their study had
told them He
should be almost
a year old. They
had traveled
hundreds of
miles to get to
this strange
country.
Now Jerusalem lay before them.
Would they find the King here?
The prophecies they had studied
and the signs they had seen in the
skies for months seemed to say so.
“I think we should
go directly to the
Temple,” one said
to the others.
“Surely the priests
will be able to tell
us where to find
the King.”
Everything pointed to the birth
of a King. And they intended to
worship Him.
They emerged a short time later,
disappointed. “What a waste of
time,” said one. “How could
they not know about their own
King?” Life seemed to be
carrying on just as usual in this
town.
The philosophers mounted their
camels and ambled through the
streets asking everyone about the
baby King. Everyone either
shook their heads or hunched
their shoulders.
Toward dusk a
Roman soldier
on horseback
galloped toward
them. “King
Herod wants to
see you,” he
commanded.
Herod had heard about their
search. He had secretly called
together the chief priests and
teachers and asked where the
Christ was to be born.
They had informed him that
Bethlehem was the place.
When the Magi arrived, Herod
seemed to ask them a hundred
questions. Finally he said, “Go
to Bethlehem and look for the
Child. When you find Him, tell
me so I can go worship Him too.”
They agreed and left that night
for Bethlehem. “It’s just five
miles from here,” said the leader.
“If we hurry, we
can make it there
before dark.”
“According to the priests no one
is talking about the birth of the
King,” commented a companion.
“I don’t understand these Jews.
It’s odd that no one knows
that their Deliverer has been
born.”
“Could we have made a mistake?”
“No!” the leader replied. “We’ve
studied the prophecies thoroughly.
We know that this Child has been
born. And when we find Him, we
will worship Him.”
“Look.” All heads turned to the sky.
“There’s the star again!”
The group quickened the camels’
pace.
“There’s the house!”
“I can’t believe
there are no
crowds!”
A man stood at the
door preparing to
close it. Once the
door was closed,
the group would
have to wait until
morning to find the
object of their
search.
“Excuse me,” the leader said,
dismounting from his camel.
“We’ve come a very long way
looking for the new
King. Is He here?
If so, may we
please come in and
worship Him?”
The man looked back into the
house, then turned to face them.
“Please come in,” he said. “My
name is Joseph.”
“We are philosophers from the
East,” the spokesman announced,
as each one bowed.
“Bring the gifts,” they directed
their servants.
Entering the house,
the Magi could tell
that Joseph and Mary
were poor.
How can a King live
here? they thought to
themselves.
“This is my wife, Mary,” Joseph
said, laying his hand on the
shoulder of the young woman
seated on a chair with a young
child beside her pulling up on
her knee.
“And this is our son, Jesus,” said
Mary. The Child looked at them
with wide eyes. The Magi gasped
and fell to their knees in worship.
This was the King!
When the Wise Men set off to find Jesus, it
was like going on a treasure hunt.
They had some clues but
didn’t know where they
would lead.
As Christians we are in a treasure hunt, but we know
where our clues lead. Our clues are found in the Bible.
By following them we will find the treasure—eternity with
Jesus.
Let’s look at some texts to see the two unusual
gifts (most of us know about gold) that the Magi
brought for their worship and how these were
generally used in biblical times.
Exodus 30:1, 6-8
Psalm 141:2
Luke 1:9, 10
Revelation 5:8
Genesis 37:25
Exodus 30:23-26
Esther 2:12
Mark 15:23
John 19:39, 40
From your reading, why do
you think the Magi chose
the gifts that they did to
worship Christ?
What could we use, give, or do today to
worship Him that would be similar?
Ben and Serena have just finished
reading about the journey of the
Wise Men and the gifts they brought
Jesus. They really want to make this
Christmas different and spend more
time and attention on gifts for God
than for each other and their friends.
They aren’t sure what to do, though. It isn’t as if
they can take presents to a real baby Jesus. What
would you suggest they do?
Power Point
We worship by
giving gifts to
Jesus.
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Notes to Teachers
You will want to have a hard copy of the Mission Story ready to read
during the Mission Story section. You can find the story on pages 24
and 25 of the Fourth Quarter Adventist Mission Youth and Adult Magazine.
The title of the story is “Stepping Into the Sea.” You can go to the
website http://www.adventistmission.org/ and find the link titled
“Publications” to download the Adventist Mission Youth and Adult
Magazine.
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