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Now let's see what you can

remember about 'Advent'

 

 

 

Advent means the arrival of someone very special, and for Christians this refers to two major events: (Circle the two correct words below)

 

Lent,      Jesus' death,      Christmas,      Second coming of Jesus,      Easter,

 

 

Which event hasn't happened yet. ........................................

 

Christians believe that this event will be near to the end of the world.

Here is a part of what the Bible says about this: (Find the missing words from the boxes below)

 

thief,     everything,     away,     new,     burned,     goodness,     godly,     fire,

 

"The day of the Lord is surely coming, as unexpectedly as a .....................,

 

and then the heavens will pass ................... with a terrible noise,

 

and the heavenly bodies (the Sun, moon, planets and stars) will disappear in .....................,

 

and the earth and everything on it will be ................................. up.

 

And so since .............................. around us is going to melt away,

 

what holy, ......................... lives we should be living!

But we are looking forward to God's promise of new heavens

 

and a ...................... earth afterwards,

 

where there will be only ........................................ ."

2 Peter 3:10-13 (The Living Bible)

 

 

 

The Bible tells us that because everything will be burnt, we should all live holy and godly lives. (Circle the correct answers below)

Draw something about today’s lesson and write what it means to you: