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Zechariah 1 · 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 Comes Back to 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.

KindergartenCome Back

RETURN → picture 3KIND → picture 1HORSE → picture 4MERCY → picture 2

Grade 1Kind Words

God said, return to me. → picture 4A man stands among myrtle trees. → picture 3An angel talks with Zechariah. → picture 1God speaks comforting words. → picture 5God said, my house shall be built. → picture 2

Order:

1. Return to me2. I had a vision in the night3. I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy

Grade 2Come Back to God

  1. Who did God's word come to? Zechariah (circle)
  2. What did God say? Come back to me (circle)
  3. What color was the horse? Red (circle)
  4. What kind of words did God speak? Kind words (circle)
  5. What will be built? God's house (circle)
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Grade 3Kind and Comforting Words

  1. What did God say to the people? Return to me, says Yahweh of Armies, and I will return to you.
  2. What did Zechariah see in the night? A man riding on a red horse
  3. Where was the man standing? Among myrtle trees
  4. How did Yahweh answer the angel? With kind and comforting words
  5. What shall be built in Jerusalem? My house
1: Return to me2: I had a vision in the night3: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy
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Grade 4Return to Me

  1. What does God promise if the people return? I will return to you.
  2. What did the riders report about the earth? All the earth was at rest.
  3. What did Yahweh's angel ask? How long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem?
  4. What did the angel say the four horns had done? Scattered Judah

Word bank: 1. return; 2. prophets; 3. myrtle; 4. mercy

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

Grade 5Kind and Comforting Words

  1. What does verse 5 suggest about the fathers and the prophets? Neither lived forever, but God's words still came true.
  2. What did the riders report about the earth? All the earth sits still and is at rest.
  3. What does Yahweh say he has returned to Jerusalem with? Mercy
  4. What does the angel say the horns had done? Scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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