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Joel 2 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Tear Your Heart

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 Is Kind

trumpetRaingrapeslj and figwheat

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

KindergartenGod Gives Back

RAIN → picture 4GRAIN → picture 3HEART → picture 2TRUMPET → picture 1

Grade 1Turn to God

Blow the trumpet! → picture 3Turn to God with all your heart. → picture 5God sends the rain. → picture 2The barns will be full. → picture 4God will pour out His Spirit. → picture 1

Order:

1. Blow the trumpet in Zion!2. Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.3. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.4. The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

Grade 2God Is Kind

  1. What did Joel say to blow? The trumpet (circle)
  2. How should they come back to God? With all their heart (circle)
  3. What is God like? Kind and slow to get angry
  4. What did God give back? What the bugs ate (circle)
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Grade 3Turn with All Your Heart

  1. Where should the trumpet blow? In Zion
  2. What should they tear? Their heart and not their garments
  3. What does God want? A sorry heart, not just a show
  4. What would God restore? The years that the swarming locust has eaten
1: Blow the trumpet in Zion!2: Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.3: Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.4: The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
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Grade 4I Will Restore the Years

  1. What is the day of Yahweh pictured as? A great army
  2. Why did people tear their clothes? To show sorrow
  3. What did God want instead? Real change inside
  4. What will God restore? The years that the swarming locust has eaten
  5. In the New Testament, who quoted Joel at Pentecost? Peter

Word bank: 1. trumpet; 2. heart; 3. God; 4. gracious; 5. rain

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

Grade 5I Will Pour Out My Spirit

  1. What question does Joel ask about the day of Yahweh? Who can endure it?
  2. What should the people tear? Their heart and not their garments
  3. What did the priests pray? Spare your people, Yahweh.
  4. On whom will God pour out His Spirit? On all flesh
  5. Who will be saved? Whoever will call on Yahweh's name
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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