It is kind of like the story you may have attempted to tell ...of "the birds and the bees". Or perhaps one parent defers to the other, "Why don't you ask your mother that question ...she has good answers."
I've been asked many good questions by children, and I don't feel I need to immediately come up with the answers ...because I am not primarily the teacher. I am a child too. I am a child of God. And I want to go to what He says.
The Book of Job provides a bit of understanding about things, that are unique to that Book. And there are certain parts of the Bible that parents may want to avoid, and I think, for good reason. We don't want to immediately want to get into the horrid details of much of the evil ...but, it is unavoidable, as the crucifixion of Jesus is crucial to anyone's understanding of the sacrifice for our sake.
So, yes, we do talk much about Jesus ...but, we do like to talk about other commonly told stories also: like the Creation, Noah's ark, Daniel in the lion's den, and David vs Goliath.
But, in avoiding much of the other parts of the Book of Job, how refreshing to be able to also talk about God's creative purposes ...and Chapter 38, verse 7, with all the sons of God singing for joy.
Child: Who are the sons of God?
Parent: That would be the angels. They sang at the Creation.
Child: When were the angels created?
Parent: Within the six days of Creation.
Child: How many days did they sing?
Parent: What do you mean?
Child: If they sang at Creation, which day were they created?
Parent: The Bible doesn't say.
Child: Why doesn't it say? It says when the plants were created ...and the trees. It says when the birds and fish were created. It says when animals, and even creepy things were created. Why doesn't it say when the sons of God were created? If the angels are sons of God, why aren't they important enough to be mentioned?
(Parent is silent.)
Child: And you also said they all sang ...so, does that mean that Lucifer sang?
Parent: That's good. You remembered that Satan's name was Lucifer, before he became a fallen angel.
Child: Yes, and I know he's also called the devil ...and he was the serpent in the Garden of Eden. But, if he sang at Creation, why was it not important enough to mention that he also got tossed out of heaven? Wouldn't that be an important event ...as big as Adam & Eve having to leave the Garden of Eden? Not mentioning Lucifer's attempt to take over heaven would be like watching Star Wars, and not mentioning anything about Darth Vader.
Parent: The devil is mentioned.
Child: But, we know more about Darth Vader and the First Order than we do about the devil.
Parent: I told you that you watch too much TV ...you are getting your stories all mixed up.
Child: I thought you liked Netflix ...and all the shows we get to see?
Parent: Well, that's true ...but it's not right if we can't keep straight what is true, and what's not.
Child: That's why I'm asking you so many questions. But, I didn't think it was going to upset you.
The Book of Job provides a bit of understanding about things, that are unique to that Book. And there are certain parts of the Bible that parents may want to avoid, and I think, for good reason. We don't want to immediately want to get into the horrid details of much of the evil ...but, it is unavoidable, as the crucifixion of Jesus is crucial to anyone's understanding of the sacrifice for our sake.
So, yes, we do talk much about Jesus ...but, we do like to talk about other commonly told stories also: like the Creation, Noah's ark, Daniel in the lion's den, and David vs Goliath.
But, in avoiding much of the other parts of the Book of Job, how refreshing to be able to also talk about God's creative purposes ...and Chapter 38, verse 7, with all the sons of God singing for joy.
Child: Who are the sons of God?
Parent: That would be the angels. They sang at the Creation.
Child: When were the angels created?
Parent: Within the six days of Creation.
Child: How many days did they sing?
Parent: What do you mean?
Child: If they sang at Creation, which day were they created?
Parent: The Bible doesn't say.
Child: Why doesn't it say? It says when the plants were created ...and the trees. It says when the birds and fish were created. It says when animals, and even creepy things were created. Why doesn't it say when the sons of God were created? If the angels are sons of God, why aren't they important enough to be mentioned?
(Parent is silent.)
Child: And you also said they all sang ...so, does that mean that Lucifer sang?
Parent: That's good. You remembered that Satan's name was Lucifer, before he became a fallen angel.
Child: Yes, and I know he's also called the devil ...and he was the serpent in the Garden of Eden. But, if he sang at Creation, why was it not important enough to mention that he also got tossed out of heaven? Wouldn't that be an important event ...as big as Adam & Eve having to leave the Garden of Eden? Not mentioning Lucifer's attempt to take over heaven would be like watching Star Wars, and not mentioning anything about Darth Vader.
Parent: The devil is mentioned.
Child: But, we know more about Darth Vader and the First Order than we do about the devil.
Parent: I told you that you watch too much TV ...you are getting your stories all mixed up.
Child: I thought you liked Netflix ...and all the shows we get to see?
Parent: Well, that's true ...but it's not right if we can't keep straight what is true, and what's not.
Child: That's why I'm asking you so many questions. But, I didn't think it was going to upset you.
(Parent realizes they too were once a child, and perhaps didn't ask as many questions ...so, maybe the parent doesn't know as much as they thought they did.)
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