Timeline: c. 740 B.C.

Opening Song: In A Little Stable-piano; vocal copy

Have the children ring bells while singing.

Ornament: Scroll

I originally made this scroll out of felt, and copied some Hebrew text onto it with gold thread. Next, I made a printed version which I laminated. Julie made actual scrolls with gold-painted wooden sticks and paper scrolls. That beauty hangs on my big tree. I love them all!

Make sure all children have Bibles. As you play the following tracks from Handel’s Messiah, tell the children the chapter in Isaiah while they scripture chase to find the verse. After they find it, turn the volume down and talk about the scripture with the music in the background. (If you don’t have the music, just pass out the slips of paper with the references, look up, read and discuss the scriptures.)


Display the following pictures. After the scripture is found, have the kids choose which picture is represented: GAK 201, 205, 215, 230, 238, Behold the Man by Simon Dewey


Note: the printed out slips of paper mentioned below are found in the complete lessons.

Heavenly Father continued to send prophets to the people of Israel. The prophets reminded people that God had promised a savior. They gave the people hope that no matter how bad things might be here on earth, God had not forgotten them. He was going to send a child who would grow to be the world's savior. One of these prophets was Isaiah. Show GAK 113. He lived about 740 years before Jesus was born on earth. But a prophet can know of things before they happen because Heavenly Father tells them about it. Let’s read a few of his prophecies. Pass out slips of paper or do the musical scripture chase.

6. Isaiah 25:8 “He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.” *For this song, look up the scripture in Revelation 19:

Disc 2 Track 17 – Revelation 19:6, 16 “Allelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. …King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.”

•GAK 238

•Isaiah saw Jesus’ victory over death and the joy and hope it would bring to the world.

Complete Devotionals HERE.

Coloring Pages

Posts about each lesson:  Nov 30   Dec 1   2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10    11     12    13    14    15    16    17    18    19    20    21    22    23    24    25

Watch “The Prophets Tell about Jesus” (2:12)

1. Track 8 – Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

•GAK 201

•Who did Isaiah prophesy would be the mother of Jesus? (A virgin means a pure woman.)

•What does Immanuel means? (Immanuel means “God is with us” Matt. 1:23. When Jesus lived on the earth He was Immanuel – He was God living with us.)

2. Track 11 – Isaiah 9:6 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

•GAK 205 (This isn’t the greatest picture for this. Find a new one.)

•How did Jesus come to earth? (as a baby)

•He was the posterity of King David, so the throne was upon His shoulder.

  1. •What other names did Isaiah use to describe Christ?

  2. •What do these names tell us about Jesus Christ?

3. Track 16 – Isaiah 35:5-6 “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.”

•Jesus always lifted those around Him.

•GAK 215

4. Track 20 (40 sec in) – Isaiah 53:3

•Behold the Man by Simon Dewey (Christ with Pilate)

5. Disc 2 Tracks 1 & 2 – Isaiah 53:4-5 “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief... with his stripes we are healed.”

•GAK 230

•Even though others were mean to Him, Jesus always showed kindness.

•Summary for little children: Isaiah said that God’s Son would be despised, afflicted, and oppressed by many people, yet He would not speak against those who would hurt and kill Him. He would suffer for our sins and sorrows.

We are blessed to have the words of the prophet Isaiah in both the Bible and Book of Mormon! Hang the ornament on the tree.


Closing Song: Away in A Manger Hymns, 206

*The Scripture chase with Handel’s Messiah is Jessica Ragsdale’s idea. Thank you, Jessica!

*I used George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, conductor Sir David Willcock with The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and NightPro Symphony Orchestra

Watch “O Come, Emmanuel” (5:27).

or “Isaiah Prophesied of Christ” (4:51).