Isaiah 49 · For teachers and parents
Answer Key: A Light to the Nations
Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.
PreschoolGod Never Forgets
ChildHandlightpeoplemountain
Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.
KindergartenOn His Hands
HANDS → picture 3NAME → picture 1LIGHT → picture 4LOVE → picture 2
Grade 1I Will Not Forget You
On the palms of my hands. → picture 4A light to the nations. → picture 3Springs of water. → picture 1Sing, mountains! → picture 5I will not forget you. → picture 2
Order:
1. I will also give you as a light to the nations2. Break out into singing, mountains!3. Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!4. I have engraved you on the palms of my hands
Grade 2Written on God's Hands
- When did God call His servant? Before he was born (circle)
- What would the servant be for the world? A light (circle)
- Would God's people be hungry? No (circle)
- What did God's people think? That God forgot them (circle)
- Where are God's people written? On His hands (circle)
Grade 3Engraved on My Palms
- When did God call His servant? From the womb
- What would God give him as? A light to the nations
- Which New Testament verse uses this promise? Acts 13:47
- Where would God guide His people? By springs of water
- Where has God engraved His people? On the palms of His hands
1: I will also give you as a light to the nations2: Break out into singing, mountains!3: Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!4: I have engraved you on the palms of my hands
Grade 4I Will Not Forget You
- What do many call Isaiah 49? The second Servant Song
- What did the Servant feel at one point? That he had labored in vain
- What bigger mission did God give the Servant? To be a light to the nations and God's salvation to the end of the earth
- What did Zion complain? That Yahweh had forsaken and forgotten her
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
Grade 5My Salvation to the End of the Earth
- What is the Servant called, and to whom is he sent? Israel, and he is sent to bring Jacob back
- Which New Testament verse cites 49:6 for preaching to the Gentiles? Acts 13:47
- Where does Paul apply verse 8? 2 Corinthians 6:2
- What image does God use and then surpass? A nursing mother
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
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