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Jeremiah 31 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A New Covenant

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's Everlasting Love

heartscrollpeoplesunsheep

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenLove Forever

LOVE → picture 4SUN → picture 3HOME → picture 1LAW → picture 2

Grade 1A New Promise

God loves his people forever. → picture 5God will bring them home. → picture 1They will dance and sing. → picture 4God will write his law on their heart. → picture 2God's promise is sure like the sun. → picture 3

Order:

1. I have loved you with an everlasting love2. He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock3. Their soul will be as a watered garden4. I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart

Grade 2Love That Lasts Forever

  1. How long did God love his people? Forever (circle)
  2. What would the people do on the way home? Sing and dance (circle)
  3. What would their sadness turn into? Joy (circle)
  4. Where would God write his law? On their hearts (circle)
  5. What would God remember no more? Their sin (circle)
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Grade 3Written on the Heart

  1. What kind of love did God have for his people? An everlasting love
  2. What would their soul be like? A watered garden
  3. What would God turn their mourning into? Joy
  4. What is a covenant? A special promise
  5. Where would God write his law? In their heart
1: I have loved you with an everlasting love2: He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock3: Their soul will be as a watered garden4: I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart
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Grade 4The New Covenant

  1. What kind of love did God declare? An everlasting love
  2. Who would return from the north country? Scattered Israel, including the blind and the lame
  3. How was the new covenant different from the old? God would write his law in their heart
  4. Where in the New Testament is this promise quoted? Hebrews 8:8-12

Word bank: 1. love; 2. God; 3. covenant; 4. heart; 5. New

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5A Covenant Written on the Heart

  1. What image did God use for himself in the return? A father to Israel
  2. Whom do many readers see Rachel as standing for? The mothers of Israel mourning the exile
  3. How is the new covenant different from the Sinai covenant? It would be inward, with God's law written in their heart
  4. What did God use to back up his promise? The fixed order of the sun, moon, and stars
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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