POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. TIMELINE FROM JESUS’S BIRTH TO SECOND COMING prophecies match. Youth can imagine themselves in a time machine traveling back and forward to learn of the prophet’s words telling of Jesus. His: Birth, Ministry, Death and Atonement, Resurrection, Visit to the Nephites, and The Second Coming.
Use for COME FOLLOW ME Primary and Home, Young Women, Young Men, or Youth, Family Home Evening, Sharing Time, or Activity Days
POST-AND-PRESENT Activity:
Timeline from Jesus’s Birth to Second Coming
Prophets Tell of Jesus Christ
OBJECTIVE: Youth will learn about the prophecies concerning Jesus Christ. Read More Lesson Ideas #1-5 below. Read 2 Nephi 26:3 (signs to be given of Messiah’s birth, death, Resurrection).
TO MAKE VISUALS: (1) Print and cut out the Prophecies Tell About Jesus pictures and prophecy cards. (2) Place cards in a stack or container to draw from. (3) Laminate two posters to display images vertically, using double-stick tape to mount images on posters (as shown). Mount visuals on a poster with double-stick tape, or a bulletin board with magnets.
ACTIVITY
1. Read 2 Nephi 25:26 to youth, saying that the prophets “talk of Christ,” “rejoice in Christ,” “preach of Christ,” “prophesy of Christ,” and write according to their prophecies so that we may know who will redeem us from our sins.
2. Introduce timeline by saying, “Let’s go on a journey to visit the prophets that testified of Jesus Christ. Let’s imagine what it would be like to be a youth listening to the prophets when they tell about Jesus, who is to come.”
3. With the images displayed at the top of the board, tell youth that this is a timeline showing Jesus’s life on earth. Read from the left to right and talk about each event. Ask youth what they know about each picture.
4. Ask them to pretend they are in a time machine going back in time to listen to the prophets prophesy. Point to the “Prophecies Tell About Jesus” sign as you introduce the activity.
5. Have youth read the prophecy cards and place them under the matching picture. Refer to the answers that follow. Option: As you reach the different places and time zones (e.g., New Testament, Book of Mormon, and Latter Days), you could mention that you are in that time zone.
ANSWERS (TO PROPHECY CARDS):
BIRTH: Helaman 14:2, Alma 7:9-10
MINISTRY: Isaiah 40:10-11, Mosiah 3:5
DEATH & ATONEMENT: 1 Nephi 11:33, Alma 5:48, Alma 7:13
RESURRECTION: Helaman 14:15, Hosea 13:14, Alma 7:12
VISIT TO NEPHITES: 2 Nephi 26:1, John 10:16, 3 Nephi 11:8-10
SECOND COMING: D&C 45:44, Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:28-36, D&C 45:16, 58-59
THOUGHT TREAT: Memory Mints. Share melt-in-your-mouth butter mints. Tell youth that we are “mint” to have Jesus Christ in our lives to be our example, our Savior, and our friend. Review the reasons why shown in the activity above.
