Question to children:
Who does Ruth represent, prophetically?
Answer: The faithful church. “Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.” Ruth 1:16b.
Question to intermediates:
Who does Orpah represent, prophetically?
Answer: The unfaithful church. "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law." Ruth 1:15.
Question to adolescents:
Reading Matthew 13:30, the wheat will be gathered into the Lord’s barn and the tares will be burned in the fire. In which figures do you identify the faithful church and the unfaithful church?
Answer: The wheat represents the faithful church that will be raptured, and the tares identify the unfaithful church that will remain in this world. “Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” Mat 13:30.
Question to children:
Read Acts 1:8 and answer: What did Jesus promise to give us so that we can be His witnesses?
Answer: His Holy Spirit. " But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me..." Acts 1:8a.
Question for Intermediates:
Read Matthew 5:10, and answer: What does the Lord call those who, like Antipas, suffer persecution because they are faithful witnesses?
Answer: The Lord calls them "blessed." " Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Mt 5:10.
Question for Adolescents:
Reading Revelation chapter 2, verse 13, how can we identify the faithful witness of the Lord Jesus?
Answer: The faithful witness is the one who holds fast to the name of Jesus and does not deny his faith in Jesus until death. "... and you hold fast to my name, and did not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was slain among you..." Rev 2:13.