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Malachi 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Return to Me

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 Hears Us

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

KindergartenGod Does Not Change

SAME → picture 4GIVE → picture 3BOOK → picture 1RETURN → picture 2

Grade 1A Book of Memory

God sends a messenger. → picture 5He is like a refiner's fire. → picture 1God does not change. → picture 4Bring the whole tithe. → picture 2A book of memory was written. → picture 3

Order:

1. Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me2. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver3. For I, Yahweh, don’t change4. Yahweh listened and heard

Grade 2God Remembers Us

  1. Who would God send? His messenger (circle)
  2. Does God change? No, he does not change
  3. Who did God tell the people to come back to? Him (circle)
  4. Who listened to the people who loved God? God (circle)
  5. What did God write their names in? A book (circle)
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Grade 3God Says, I, Yahweh, Don't Change

  1. What would God's messenger do? Prepare the way before him
  2. What would the Lord be like? A refiner's fire
  3. What did God say about himself? I, Yahweh, don't change.
  4. What should the people bring? The whole tithe
  5. What was written for those who feared Yahweh? A book of memory
1: Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me2: He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver3: For I, Yahweh, don’t change4: Yahweh listened and heard
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Grade 4A Refiner's Fire

  1. Who does the New Testament say prepared the way? John the Baptist
  2. What does a refiner's fire do? It purifies, like silver and gold are refined.
  3. Why were the sons of Jacob not consumed? Because Yahweh doesn't change
  4. What did God do when those who feared him spoke together? He listened, heard, and had a book of memory written.

Word bank: 1. messenger; 2. temple; 3. return; 4. God; 5. book

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

Grade 5Return to Me

  1. Which New Testament books apply verse 1 to John the Baptist? Mark and Matthew
  2. What two pictures show the Lord's purifying work? A refiner's fire and launderer's soap
  3. According to verse 6, why were the sons of Jacob not consumed? Because Yahweh doesn't change
  4. How did the faithful respond when others said serving God was vain? They spoke with one another, and a book of memory was written for them.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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