Unit 18, Session 3: Judah Was Taken into Captivity
2 Chronicles 36:1-21
Christ Connection: God righteously punished His people for their sin but remained faithful to them, keeping the promise He made to David to provide a king. Ultimately, God punished our sin through His Son, Jesus, and made Him our King forever.
Adult Connection Point: Celebrate a God-centered life and the faithfulness of our God. Look forward to the day when King Jesus returns and brings ultimate victory and peace.
Hymn of Response
The Churchʼs one foundation Is Jesus Christ, her Lord;
She is His new creation, By Spirit and the Word;
From heavʼn He came and sought her To be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died.
Elect from evʼry nation, Yet one oʼer all the earth,
Her charter of salvation: One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy name she blesses, Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses, With evʼry grace endued.
ʻMid toil and tribulation, And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation Of peace forevermore;
Till with the vision glorious Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious Shall be the Church at rest.
–Samuel J. Stone
“The Saving One”—Starfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDpud8v-UWw
Family Devotion:
Divide your family into two groups and play capture the flag. If your family is small, play a game of tag.
Review the Bible story. Emphasize how after years and years of unfaithfulness and one evil king after the other misleading the country, the bad news finally came true. Judah was captured by a foreign nation. Not only did the Babylonians take the people as slaves, but they also stole the temple treasures, destroyed palaces, and tore down the walls protecting Jerusalem. God was punishing His people for not turning away from their sin.
Ask: “What phrase do you hear repeatedly in the Bible story?” All the bad kings “did what was evil in the sight of God” and “did not listen.” For that reason, the time had come to punish Godʼs people. God used an enemy to capture them, and they ended up as slaves to the king of Babylon. Godʼs people were once again back in slavery because they did not listen to God. God did not forget His people, though. God kept His promise to provide a king through Davidʼs family, one who would reign forever. That King is Jesus.
Pray, thanking God for being faithful to His promises and sending us an eternal king.
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