Jesus Feeds the 5000 Unit

Hi! Okay, so I went to go look at my Jesus Feeds the 5000 Unit post and realized, I had it with the Jesus Walks on Water Unit, but the URL is for Jesus walks on water, and so I realized, why don’t I just copy that over into a new post, rather than writing a new post for that one, and so, now I’m moving all of that over here? All of that to say, this Bible lesson is about to create a ridiculous amount of confusion for me, but long term will make everyone’s life easier. So, let’s talk Jesus Feeds the 5000 lesson.

(I’m about to copy over some affiliate links, and a whole bunch of random stuff)

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I’ve finally finished the Jesus Feeds the 5000 Unit! You can pick that up (I’ll be featuring a bunch of stuff from it, and sharing more ideas here).

• Jesus Feeds the 5000 Unit
• Jesus Feeds the 5000 printable storybook
• Jesus Feeds the 5000 game (coming soon, it still needs some tweaking)

After I tell you what I learn from the Jesus feeds the 5000 lesson, I’ll talk more about what you’ll find in the unit (you could just click on the sales page, but slowly I’ll be adding in individual posts for each of these ideas)

Jesus feeds the 5000 lesson

Jesus feeding the 5000 lesson is an interesting one, back when I was in college, I read a scholarly article for my Gospels class theorizing this miracle was actually an attempt by the disciples to organize a rebellion.  After all, they organized the people into groups of 50 and 100, what else could that mean?

That might have also been the same paper I got tired of half of the thing being in Greek and decided to retaliate by writing half of my critique of it in Spanish.  Which my Bible professor turned back in having corrected my Spanish grammar and a comment “Don’t mess with the homework.”

So the lesson we learn from that is don’t get cheeky with your assignments.

But you know what I see when I read the story?

The TRUE MEANING of the Feeding of the 5000

I see Jesus tired, and needing a break, but he still cares for the people.

He went there to get away from everyone after hearing about the death of his cousin, but he took the time to teach the crowd and heal people.

He found out they were hungry and took steps to get them food.  And he used that to teach his disciples.

Think about it, Jesus could have magicked food out of nowhere for everyone.  Instead, he let the disciples try to solve the problem.  Peter Andrew found a young boy willing to give up his lunch.  I always picture Jesus getting down on the boy’s level and looking him in the eye as Jesus talks to the boy.

Then because I think God is a mathematician, or He likes to play with numbers.  At the end of it all, there are 12, yes, TWELVE baskets of leftover food.  Like there are 12 tribes of Israel, 12 disciples, and I’m sure any number of other groups of 12.

What you’ll find in the Feeding of the 5000 unit

So, what are you going to find in here that I will eventually write posts on?

• Jesus feeds the 5000 sensory bin
• bracelet craft
• Jesus Feeds the 5000 active games and snack
• Feeding of the 5000 prayer stations
• paper crafts (multiple, will probably end up all in one post)- Feeding of the 5000 basket craft
• a comparison chart for older kids
• Jesus feeds the 5000 sensory bin
• homework
• parent and teacher letters

Jesus feeds 5000 resources

•  Jesus feeds the 5000 lesson
• Jesus Feeds the 5000 story-telling technique
• Feeding the 5000 play dough mat

For the rest of our Gospel Bible lessons head over to the Gospel page.

Also I’m continually adding more ideas to my Gospel Pinterest board, so make sure to check it out. Follow Ticia Adventures in Mommydom’s board Gospels on Pinterest.