Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Bible based advent Calendar

So for the last two years I have wanted to have an advent calendar that looks at the Old Testament prophesies and how they are fulfilled by Christ the Messiah. I also saw this really fun idea of using lost mittens as a way to package small gifts, so I decided to marry the two ideas.

Here is what I came up with.



So I took some of my T-shirt yarn, (I have cut pieces of my old T-shirts and stretched it out to use for projects and Jewelry.) You can use whatever you have on hand, string, ribbon, yarn, whatever.

I then dug up a bunch of old mittens, lost mittens and mittens too small to be worn anymore.

After I had found 22 mittens, (We are leaving for Texas on the 22nd of December, so I only needed to do a calendar for that many days.) I went and gathered up 22 of our clothes pins from our clothes line.

I have all sorts of crafting paper in hopes that I could some day be a scrapbooker, (that day will never come), so I snagged three fun colors. A yellow, a red and green with stars and cut out 22 squares to label the days and glued them on the clothes pins. I am sure if someone else were doing this, they would cut beautiful shapes, or emboss or glitter or do something that Martha Stewart would approve of, but I'll stick to my kid scissors cut out with sharpie numbers. It took me five minutes and my time is needed else where.



Since we have our stockings by the fireplace, I needed to find a different location that the kids could reach each day. I picked our built in hutch, and added those pull away hooks to the side so I didn't have to ruin the woodwork with a nail. I hung my T-shirt string, then added the hooks with the mittens.




For the last few days I have been typing out a Prophecy for each day with a verse from the Old Testament and a confirmation verse to its fulfillment in the New Testament. My goal is that each day we can sit down with the kids, open our Bible and read what was foretold about the coming Messiah. Then we can look it up in the New Testament and discuss it. I don't have questions posted with this yet because I am going to do that this year while we are doing each day. That way, I know for next year which questions worked and which ones didn't.

Here are the verses that we will be looking at this advent.
1. Be of the offspring of the woman, shall bruise the serpent's head Gen. 3:14,15 and Galatians 4:4, Heb. 2:14
2. Be of the tribe of Judah gen. 49:8-10, Micah 5:2 and Heb. 7:14
3. Be born in the town of Bethlehem of Judea (Judah) Micah 5:2-5 and Matt. 2:1-6
4. Be born a king of the line of David Isaiah 9:7 and Matt. 1:1
5. A child to be born Isaiah 9:6 and Luke 2:11
6. Be born of a virgin Isaiah 7:13,14 and Matt. 1:18-23
7. Kings shall bring him gifts, fall down before him Psalm 72:10 and Matt. 2:1-11
8. Be a firstborn son, sanctified Exodus 13:2, Numbers 3:13; 8:17 and Luke 2:7, 23
9. Massacre of children Jeremiah 31:15 and Matt. 2:16-18
10. Be called out of Egypt Hosea 11:1 and Matt. 2:13-15, 19-21
11. Be rejected by his brethren Psalm 69:8 and John 7:3-5
12. Call those who were not his people Isaiah 55:4,5 and Romans 9:23-26
13. The King comes to Jerusalem riding on a donkey Zechariah 9:9 and Mark 11:1-10
14. Upon his coming, the deaf hear, the blind see Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 35:5 and Matt. 11:5
15. Fulfill promises to Jews, be a light to the Gentiles Isaiah 42:6, 49:6 and Luke 2:25-32, Acts 26:23
16. A new everlasting covenant Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Luke 22: 15-20, Heb. 10:15-20
17. be hung upon a tree as a curse for us Deut. 21:23 and Galatians 3:13
18. Be struck on the head Micah 5:1 and Matt. 27:30
19. Have soldiers cast lots for his coat Psalm 22:18 and John 19:23,24
20. Be accused and afflicted, but didn't open his mouth Isaiah 43:7 and Matt. 27:12, Luke 23:9
21. Be Passover male lamb, without blemish, slain, with blood applied as protection from judgment Exodus 12:1-11 and John 1:29-36
22.The 30 pieces of silver buy the potter's field Zech. 11:12,13 and Matt. 27:3, 6-10

These verses I got from Rose Publishing in a small book called, "100 Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus". I have given you the key verse where they make the connection, but in most cases, we will read more of the text around each verse offered. For our family I tried to pick the verses that carried the most weight of connecting the prophecy with the fulfillment.

Also for each day, when we pull out the scroll to do our devotion, there will also be a little treat for each kid in the mitten. Treats will include stickers, straws, silly bands, new crayons, coins, suckers or something else small.

I am excited to finally have gotten this project this far. Maybe next year it will be complete with questions and all.

Have a wonderful Advent season preparing your hearts and homes for the coming king.

1 comment:

  1. Dani - this is AWESOME! So, I think you were the one I took the idea from for the lent calendar, and now here I am borrowing from you again. Thanks :) For those of you who need 25 days to fill, here's Dani's list with a few extras added on to make 25:

    1. Messiah was to be of the tribe of Judah: Genesis 49:8-10, Micah 5:2 and Hebrews 7:14

    2. Messiah was to be born in the town of Bethlehem of Judea (Judah): Micah 5:2-5 and Matthew 2:1-6

    3. Messiah was to be born of the line of David: Isaiah 9:7 and Matt. 1:1

    4. Messiah was to be born a child: Isaiah 9:6 and Luke 2:11

    5. Messiah was to be born of a virgin Isaiah 7:13-14 and Matthew 1:18-23

    6. Kings shall bring the Messiah gifts, fall down before him: Psalm 72:10 and Matthew 2:1-11

    7. Messiah was to be a firstborn son, sanctified: Exodus 13:2, Numbers 3:13; 8:17 and Luke 2:7, 23

    8. The massacre of children after the Messiah's birth: Jeremiah 31:15 and Matthew 2:16-18

    9. Messiah was to be called out of Egypt: Hosea 11:1 and Matthew 2:13-15, 19-21

    10. Messiah was to be a prophet like Moses: Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-19 and John 7:40

    11. Messiah was to be rejected by his brethren: Psalm 69:8 and John 7:3-5

    12. Messiah was to be called to those who were not his people: Isaiah 55:4-5 and Romans 9:23-26

    13. The King, Messiah, comes to Jerusalem riding on a donkey: Zechariah 9:9 and Mark 11:1-10

    14. Upon the Messiah's coming, the deaf hear, the blind see: Isaiah 29:18, 35:5 and Matthew 11:5

    15. Messiah was to fulfill promises to Jews, be a light to the Gentiles: Isaiah 42:6, 49:6 and Luke 2:25-32, Acts 26:23

    16. Messiah was to be a new everlasting covenant: Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Luke 22: 15-20, Hebrews 10:15-20

    17. Messiah was to be betrayed by one of his followers: Psalm 41:9 and Matthew 26:14-16, 47-50, Luke 22:19-23

    18. Messiah was to be hung upon a tree as a curse for us: Deuteronomy 21:23 and Galatians 3:13

    19. Messiah was to have soldiers cast lots for his coat: Psalm 22:18 and John 19:23-24

    20. Messiah was to be accused and afflicted, but didn't open his mouth: Isaiah 43:7 and Matthew 27:12, Luke 23:9

    21. Messiah was to be the passover male lamb, without blemish, slain, with blood applied as protection from judgment: Exodus 12:1-11 and John 1:29-36

    22. The 30 pieces of silver to buy the potter's field: Zechariah 11:12-13 and Matthew 27:3, 6-10

    23. Messiah was to die as a sacrifice for sin: Isaiah 53:5,6,8,10-12 and John 1:29, 11:49-52, Acts 10:43, 13:38-39

    24. Messiah was to be raised from the dead: Psalm 16:10 and Acts 2:22-32, Matthew 28:1-10

    25. Messiah is now at God's right hand Psalm 110:1 and Mark 16:19, Luke 24:50-51

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