Leader Guide
Match Game
- Five Match Cards pages
- Masking tape or painters tape
- Optional: marker
- Five sheets of cardstock
- Scissors
- Bibles or the Superbook Bible App
Make one copy of each of the five Match Cards pages, double-sided if possible, in color or black and white. Cut apart the 20 individual cards.
If making single-sided copies: write a different number from 1–20 on the back of each card in random order. The numbers should be upside-down to the word(s) on the reverse so when the card is flipped up along its top edge, the word(s) will be right-side-up.
Tape the top edge of the cards on a wall with numbered sides showing, in four rows of five cards.
Optional: you may lay the cards on the floor or against a wall if you prefer to not use tape.
We are going to play a matching card game. On the cards are objects from Solomon’s Temple and characters from the Bible story. Let’s say our SuperVerse together. 1 Corinthians 3:16:
All of you surely know that you are God’s Temple and that His Spirit lives in you.
When two identical images are matched during the game, we will briefly discuss the image and what it represents to us today.
Divide the children into two teams. Teams will alternate turns. A team’s turn consists of one child choosing two cards. Flip over each card as it is guessed to show the children, and read it aloud. If the cards don’t match, place the cards back down. If the cards match, remove them from the board and give them to the player who chose them. For each match, lead a brief discussion with the information provided below. Play until all pairs are removed from the board and discussed. The team with the most pairs wins.
Altar of Incense—Priests burned incense to the Lord. The incense represents our prayers. (See Exodus 30:1–2; Psalm 141:2.)
Temple veil or curtain—Separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies. When Jesus died He gave us access to God’s throne and presence. (See Exodus 26:33; Matthew 27:50–51.)
Ark of the Covenant—Represented God’s presence among His people. God is always in us today through Jesus. (See Exodus 25:10–22; John 14:23.)
Lampstands—Represented God’s light. Jesus is the light we walk in today. (See 2 Chronicles 4:7; 1 John 1:7.)
Bronze Altar—Used for sin sacrifices to the Lord. (See 2 Chronicles 7:7; Hebrews 10:1–12.)
The Sea—Used to cleanse the priest’s hands and feet. Jesus cleanses us today. (See 1 Kings 7:23–26; 2 Chronicles 4:6; 1 John 1:7.)
Table of Showbread or Bread of the Presence—Twelve bread loaves were always kept on the table in the Temple. The loaves represent God’s provision. Jesus is the bread of life today. (See 1 Kings 7:48; Exodus 25:30; John 6:35.)
High Priest—Jesus is our high priest, cleansing us from sin and presenting us to God. (See Leviticus 16:28-34; Hebrews 2:17.)
Temple—A home for the Ark and a place to worship God. We are His temple. (See 1 Kings 7:51; 1 Corinthians 3:16.)
God’s glory—God’s presence and glory filled the temple. God’s Spirit lives in us today. (See 2 Chronicles 5:14; 1 Corinthians 3:16.)