TIME TRAVEL BIBLE SERIES 012: BIRTH OF ISAAC – by Tanis Harms, © 2013
TIME TRAVEL BIBLE SERIES 012:
BIRTH OF ISAAC – by Tanis Harms, © 2013
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BIRTH OF ISAAC – by Tanis Harms, © 2013
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(Ideal for a class going through the main Bible stories. For more, see Time Travel Bible Series menu page.)
STYLE:
Drama/fantasy. (7 pages)
PREMISE:
Brook and Darren imagine what it must have been like for Abraham when he finally has Isaac.
TOPIC:
Love, needs, test, trusting God.
SCRIPTURE:
Genesis 21:1-21, 22:1-23:19, John 3:16.
CHARACTERS (LINE COUNT) DESCRIPTION:
(13) BROOK – inquisitive girl
(11) DARREN – adventurous boy
( 5) ABRAHAM –
( 3) SARAH –
( 1) ISAAC – boy
( 3) GOD’S VOICE –
PROPS:
Bible (which can have script inside), baby doll.
SCENE 1:
INTRO OPTION 1A:
(If using this as a stand-alone skit, or if you are starting the series at this point.)
(Darren stands holding a Bible, just staring at the book’s cover when Brook walks in and notices.)
BROOK:
Hey Darren... What are you doing?
DARREN:
Trying to read the Bible.
BROOK:
It helps if you open the book.
(Darren sighs and looks helplessly at Brook.)
STYLE:
Drama/fantasy. (7 pages)
PREMISE:
Brook and Darren imagine what it must have been like for Abraham when he finally has Isaac.
TOPIC:
Love, needs, test, trusting God.
SCRIPTURE:
Genesis 21:1-21, 22:1-23:19, John 3:16.
CHARACTERS (LINE COUNT) DESCRIPTION:
(13) BROOK – inquisitive girl
(11) DARREN – adventurous boy
( 5) ABRAHAM –
( 3) SARAH –
( 1) ISAAC – boy
( 3) GOD’S VOICE –
PROPS:
Bible (which can have script inside), baby doll.
SCENE 1:
INTRO OPTION 1A:
(If using this as a stand-alone skit, or if you are starting the series at this point.)
(Darren stands holding a Bible, just staring at the book’s cover when Brook walks in and notices.)
BROOK:
Hey Darren... What are you doing?
DARREN:
Trying to read the Bible.
BROOK:
It helps if you open the book.
(Darren sighs and looks helplessly at Brook.)
DARREN:
I’ve tried that. There are so many big words, and funny names, and-
BROOK:
I bet if it was a computer game, you’d be all into it.
DARREN:
Or just IMAGINE – if we could time travel back, and SEE the Bible stories as they happen!
BROOK:
So, why don’t we try that?!
(Darren holds the Bible while Brook opens it up. Both look at the Bible together, eyes wide and exited.)
INTRO OPTION 1B:
(If you are continuing on in the series.)
(Darren and Brook enter. Darren carries a Bible.)
BROOK:
I wonder if Abraham and Sarah have had their baby yet. And I’m so curious to see if they can really keep trusting God.
DARREN:
Me too. So, get ready for imagination time travel!
(Darren holds the Bible up, while Brook opens the Bible. They look with excitement, then look around, wondering.)
I’ve tried that. There are so many big words, and funny names, and-
BROOK:
I bet if it was a computer game, you’d be all into it.
DARREN:
Or just IMAGINE – if we could time travel back, and SEE the Bible stories as they happen!
BROOK:
So, why don’t we try that?!
(Darren holds the Bible while Brook opens it up. Both look at the Bible together, eyes wide and exited.)
INTRO OPTION 1B:
(If you are continuing on in the series.)
(Darren and Brook enter. Darren carries a Bible.)
BROOK:
I wonder if Abraham and Sarah have had their baby yet. And I’m so curious to see if they can really keep trusting God.
DARREN:
Me too. So, get ready for imagination time travel!
(Darren holds the Bible up, while Brook opens the Bible. They look with excitement, then look around, wondering.)
SCENE 2:
(Abraham and Sarah step out. Sarah is holding a baby.)
BROOK:
Oh! Yay! Abraham and Sarah finally have their baby! God did not forget to keep His promise and reward them.
DARREN:
They named the baby boy – Isaac. Abraham was 100 and Sarah was 90 years old.
SARAH:
(looking sweetly down at baby)
God has certainly given me great joy!
ABRAHAM:
Come, let us hold a great feast!
(Sarah nods happily, but then thinks of something sad.)
SARAH:
All right, but- I really need you to get rid of Hagar. She has been making fun of me.
ABRAHAM:
But Hagar has given me a son, as well.
SARAH:
And she believes that because her son Ishmael is older, that he is the rightful heir to all that God has promised you. But you told me that God said - Isaac is the rightful heir. So I want them gone. I do not trust them. I do not want her son to be around our son.
ABRAHAM:
Let me ask God what I should do.
(Sarah exits while Abraham gets to his knees to pray.)
BROOK:
Well, even though Abraham and Sarah had made that mistake with Hagar, at least they’re asking God what to do about things now.
DARREN:
God told Abraham not to worry, but to do as Sarah asked – and send Hagar away.
(Abraham gets up and exits.)
BROOK:
So Abraham just sent Hagar and her son out into the wilderness with a little bit of bread and water?
DARREN:
As Hagar and her son were close to death Hagar called out to God for help. And God looked after them, and God promised that this son, Ishmael, would also become a great nation. And so now, we are going to go back to Abraham - and jump ahead a few years-
(As Darren turns a page in the Bible, Abraham enters, holding the hand of Isaac, now a boy.)
BROOK:
Oh look! That must be Isaac. They grow up so fast.
(Abraham kneels in prayer. Isaac copies his father.)
GOD’S VOICE:
Abraham! Take your son, Isaac – your only son, whom you love. You will go to the place where I tell you, and offer him there as a burnt offering.
BROOK:
What?! Doesn’t Abraham think that strange?
DARREN:
Back then, there were people with some strange religions, who would burn their children as sacrifices to their gods. BUT this was a test. God was testing Abraham.
BROOK:
Well in the past, Abraham did a lot of things on his own without trusting God to get a son. Now that God has finally given him a son, God is asking Abraham to basically- kill his only son– to show his obedience to God? That takes the idea of “giving everything to God” to a whole new level!
DARREN:
Back then, the Israelites did offer a lamb as a burnt offering to God to cover sin. But God is asking Abraham to offer his son.
(Abraham gets up and takes Isaac’s hand. Very sadly, Abraham looks down at Isaac.)
ISAAC:
I see you have the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?
ABRAHAM:
God will provide the lamb.
(Abraham leads Isaac out. Brook cringes in fear.)
BROOK:
I can’t look! What is going to happen?
DARREN:
Trusting and putting his faith in God, Abraham was just about to kill Isaac, when - God provided a ram to sacrifice- instead of Isaac.
GOD’S VOICE:
Abraham! Do not harm your son, for I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from Me.
BROOK:
Phew! So God provided an offering sacrifice in place of Isaac. Wait a minute! Isn’t that what God has done for all of us! This is all making so much sense. We have learned that because there is sin, there is physical and spiritual death. In order to provide forgiveness for sin, and enteral life to anyone who believes, God gave His only Son, Jesus, to die in our place!
DARREN:
Exactly! This was like a prophecy, AND an illustration.
BROOK:
Like John 3:16 says - “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
(Abraham enters with his hand around Isaac’s shoulders, talking to Isaac.)
ABRAHAM:
God keeps His promises, and always - provides everything that we need.
DARREN:
And much more than food and clothing, we NEED to be saved! Because of sin, we deserve to die. But when we put our faith in God, and believe, God saves us, because He sent His only Son, JESUS, to die in our place.
BROOK:
God provided the sacrificial Lamb! For Abraham AND for us.
(At the sound of God’s voice, Abraham and Isaac kneel.)
GOD’S VOICE:
Abraham, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
BROOK:
God reminds Abraham again of the covenant. And the promise of his descendent, Jesus, who will bless all people - WHICH is the same promise that was made to Eve.
(Abraham and Isaac exit.)
DARREN:
Another prophecy about Jesus! Which has been already fulfilled.
SCENE 3:
ENDING OPTION 3A:
(If using this as a stand-alone skit.)
(Darren closes the Bible.)
BROOK:
I’m so glad God loves us that much to never give up on us! That story was the ultimate example of what happens when we put our faith in God.
DARREN:
(speaking as they exit)
While God has a plan, He is so very patient, merciful and gracious with us!
ENDING OPTION 3B:
(If you are continuing on in the series.)
(Darren closes the Bible.)
BROOK:
I’m so glad God loves us that much to never give up on us! That story was the ultimate example of what happens when we put our faith in God. So, what happens next time?
DARREN:
(speaking as they exit)
While God has a plan, He is so very patient with us! Although, I’m also excited and can’t wait to find out what happens next time!
(Abraham and Sarah step out. Sarah is holding a baby.)
BROOK:
Oh! Yay! Abraham and Sarah finally have their baby! God did not forget to keep His promise and reward them.
DARREN:
They named the baby boy – Isaac. Abraham was 100 and Sarah was 90 years old.
SARAH:
(looking sweetly down at baby)
God has certainly given me great joy!
ABRAHAM:
Come, let us hold a great feast!
(Sarah nods happily, but then thinks of something sad.)
SARAH:
All right, but- I really need you to get rid of Hagar. She has been making fun of me.
ABRAHAM:
But Hagar has given me a son, as well.
SARAH:
And she believes that because her son Ishmael is older, that he is the rightful heir to all that God has promised you. But you told me that God said - Isaac is the rightful heir. So I want them gone. I do not trust them. I do not want her son to be around our son.
ABRAHAM:
Let me ask God what I should do.
(Sarah exits while Abraham gets to his knees to pray.)
BROOK:
Well, even though Abraham and Sarah had made that mistake with Hagar, at least they’re asking God what to do about things now.
DARREN:
God told Abraham not to worry, but to do as Sarah asked – and send Hagar away.
(Abraham gets up and exits.)
BROOK:
So Abraham just sent Hagar and her son out into the wilderness with a little bit of bread and water?
DARREN:
As Hagar and her son were close to death Hagar called out to God for help. And God looked after them, and God promised that this son, Ishmael, would also become a great nation. And so now, we are going to go back to Abraham - and jump ahead a few years-
(As Darren turns a page in the Bible, Abraham enters, holding the hand of Isaac, now a boy.)
BROOK:
Oh look! That must be Isaac. They grow up so fast.
(Abraham kneels in prayer. Isaac copies his father.)
GOD’S VOICE:
Abraham! Take your son, Isaac – your only son, whom you love. You will go to the place where I tell you, and offer him there as a burnt offering.
BROOK:
What?! Doesn’t Abraham think that strange?
DARREN:
Back then, there were people with some strange religions, who would burn their children as sacrifices to their gods. BUT this was a test. God was testing Abraham.
BROOK:
Well in the past, Abraham did a lot of things on his own without trusting God to get a son. Now that God has finally given him a son, God is asking Abraham to basically- kill his only son– to show his obedience to God? That takes the idea of “giving everything to God” to a whole new level!
DARREN:
Back then, the Israelites did offer a lamb as a burnt offering to God to cover sin. But God is asking Abraham to offer his son.
(Abraham gets up and takes Isaac’s hand. Very sadly, Abraham looks down at Isaac.)
ISAAC:
I see you have the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?
ABRAHAM:
God will provide the lamb.
(Abraham leads Isaac out. Brook cringes in fear.)
BROOK:
I can’t look! What is going to happen?
DARREN:
Trusting and putting his faith in God, Abraham was just about to kill Isaac, when - God provided a ram to sacrifice- instead of Isaac.
GOD’S VOICE:
Abraham! Do not harm your son, for I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from Me.
BROOK:
Phew! So God provided an offering sacrifice in place of Isaac. Wait a minute! Isn’t that what God has done for all of us! This is all making so much sense. We have learned that because there is sin, there is physical and spiritual death. In order to provide forgiveness for sin, and enteral life to anyone who believes, God gave His only Son, Jesus, to die in our place!
DARREN:
Exactly! This was like a prophecy, AND an illustration.
BROOK:
Like John 3:16 says - “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
(Abraham enters with his hand around Isaac’s shoulders, talking to Isaac.)
ABRAHAM:
God keeps His promises, and always - provides everything that we need.
DARREN:
And much more than food and clothing, we NEED to be saved! Because of sin, we deserve to die. But when we put our faith in God, and believe, God saves us, because He sent His only Son, JESUS, to die in our place.
BROOK:
God provided the sacrificial Lamb! For Abraham AND for us.
(At the sound of God’s voice, Abraham and Isaac kneel.)
GOD’S VOICE:
Abraham, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
BROOK:
God reminds Abraham again of the covenant. And the promise of his descendent, Jesus, who will bless all people - WHICH is the same promise that was made to Eve.
(Abraham and Isaac exit.)
DARREN:
Another prophecy about Jesus! Which has been already fulfilled.
SCENE 3:
ENDING OPTION 3A:
(If using this as a stand-alone skit.)
(Darren closes the Bible.)
BROOK:
I’m so glad God loves us that much to never give up on us! That story was the ultimate example of what happens when we put our faith in God.
DARREN:
(speaking as they exit)
While God has a plan, He is so very patient, merciful and gracious with us!
ENDING OPTION 3B:
(If you are continuing on in the series.)
(Darren closes the Bible.)
BROOK:
I’m so glad God loves us that much to never give up on us! That story was the ultimate example of what happens when we put our faith in God. So, what happens next time?
DARREN:
(speaking as they exit)
While God has a plan, He is so very patient with us! Although, I’m also excited and can’t wait to find out what happens next time!
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