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Mark your location on a wall map of the
world with a wet erase marker (if the map is laminated) or a map pin. |
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Ask each child to mark their favorite
place to visit, longest trip taken, etc.
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| After each child has placed a mark on
the world map, ask if anyone can locate the lands described in the Bible. |
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Use a marker to draw a square around
the lands of the Bible. |
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| Tape up a map of the Bible
Lands and explain that this map is an enlargement of the square you drew on
the world map. We use a laminated map from Rose Publishing
titled "The Middle East, Then and Now." |
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Even though no one knows for sure
where the Garden of Eden was located, the Bible does contain a few facts
about its location. Ask a student to mark the facts on the map as the
class reads the verses from the Bible. |
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Genesis 2:8. The garden was in
the east. Since the author was probably in the land of Israel at the
time, this indicates the garden was east of the land of Israel. |
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A river divided into four rivers at
the garden.
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Genesis 2:11. The location
of the Pishon river is not known today. Neither is the location of
the land of Havilah. |
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Genesis 2:13. The location
of the Gihon river is not known today. Neither is the location of
the land of Cush. |
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Genesis 2:14. The Tigris
river and the Euphrates river flows through modern day Iraq. |
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This
information is presented to help teachers serving in a Christian Preschool
Ministry or a Children's Ministry or a Sunday School class teach children what
the Bible says about God and the way He wants us to live. |
