CHRISTMAS PROPHECIES – by Tanis Harms, © 2011
CHRISTMAS PROPHECIES – by Tanis Harms, © 2011
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STYLE:
Speak-theater. (10 pages)
PREMISE:
Themes and statements are repeated for special emphasis as verses on prophecies and prophecies fulfilled are recited.
TOPIC:
Prophecies of Jesus’ birth, life and death.
SCRIPTURE:
Prov.30:4, Is.7:14, Jer.31:34, Micah 5:2, Luke 2:30-34.
CHARACTERS (LINE COUNT) DESCRIPTION:
(12) NARRATOR 1 – clear, strong reader/reciter
(12) NARRATOR 2 – clear, strong reader/reciter
(16) NARRATOR 3 – clear, strong reader/reciter
(17) NARRATOR 4 – clear, strong reader/reciter
(14) NARRATOR 5 – clear, strong reader/reciter
(21) NARRATOR 8 - clear, strong reader/reciter
PROPS:
6 scrolls (scripts or just individual scriptures can be inside).
DIRECTING NOTES:
- gently, slightly overlap certain sentences to create a motion of time continuing on, but create pauses after some sentences for pertinent points to sink in
– there are portions of sentences and thoughts grouped together to create “verses” so you can leave a pause after each grouping, again some pauses should be longer than others
– could be effective to sing “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, did this skit, and then finish with: “O Come, O Come Immanuel”
SCRIPT:
NARRATOR 1:
Glorify Jesus!
NARRATOR 2:
God’s only Son!
NARRATOR 1:
Who LEFT His throne of glory
NARRATOR 3:
Leaving the glory and comforts of heaven!
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
Glorify Jesus!
NARRATOR 5:
God’s only Son!
NARRATOR 4:
Who came down to earth
NARRATOR 6:
Fulfilling the prophecies of old
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
The first reference of Jesus
NARRATOR 2:
Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME
NARRATOR 1:
in Genesis 1, verse 26
NARRATOR 3:
God created mankind in HIS image.
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
The lineage of Jesus
NARRATOR 5:
Began at the fall of man
NARRATOR 4:
in Genesis 3, verse 15
NARRATOR 6:
Through the ACTIONS of Adam and Eve
NARRATOR 5:
SIN - entered the world
NARRATOR 6:
So through the OFFSPRING of Adam and Eve,
NARRATOR 5:
JESUS, the SAVIOR, would COME to this world
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
The promise of Jesus’s coming - was confirmed
NARRATOR 4:
to Abraham
NARRATOR 5:
to Jacob
NARRATOR 6:
to David
NARRATOR 1:
in Genesis 22, verse 18
NARRATOR 2:
Genesis 28, verse 14
NARRATOR 3:
Second Samuel 7, verse 16…
NARRATOR 4:
“Through your offspring all nations on EARTH will be blessed…”
NARRATOR 5:
“All PEOPLES on earth will be BLESSED through you and your offspring.”
NARRATOR 6:
“Your HOUSE and your KINGDOM will ENDURE forever before Me; your THRONE will be established forever.”
NARRATOR 4,5,6:
Through JESUS, your OFFSPRING - all NATIONS on earth will be BLESSED!
NARRATOR 4:
The promise WAS fulfilled
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
God’s SON - was conceived
NARRATOR 2:
As the prophet Isaiah wrote in chapter 7, verse 14
NARRATOR 3:
“Therefore the LORD Himself will GIVE you a sign: the VIRGIN will BE with Child and will give BIRTH to a Son, and - will CALL Him - Immanuel.”
NARRATOR 1,2,3:
‘God WITH us’
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
God’s SON was born
NARRATOR 5:
As the prophet Micah wrote in chapter 5, verse 2
NARRATOR 6:
“But YOU, Bethlehem, Ephrathah (land of Judah), THOUGH you are small among the clans of Judah, out of YOU will come for Me, ONE who will be RULER over Israel, Whose origins are from of old, From ancient times.”
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
God’s SON was spared.
NARRATOR 2:
as prophesized.
NARRATOR 3:
within the pages of
NARRATOR 4:
Hosea 11, verse 1
NARRATOR 5:
Jeremiah 31, verse 15
NARRATOR 6:
Isaiah 11, verse 1
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
They fled to Egypt.
NARRATOR 3:
His allotted time had not yet come.
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 5:
They escaped king Herod’s wrath.
NARRATOR 3:
His allotted time had not yet come.
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 6:
And Jesus grew up in Nazareth.
NARRATOR 3:
His allotted time had not yet come.
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
Jesus’s birth was a blessing to us,
NARRATOR 2:
Not that He was born
NARRATOR 3:
But for what He was born to do.
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
Simeon’s blessing and prophecy
NARRATOR 5:
At the time of Jesus’s birth
NARRATOR 6:
Foretold - His life and death.
NARRATOR 5:
Luke 2, verses 30 to 34
NARRATOR 6:
“my eyes have seen Your Salvation, which You have prepared in the sight of all people" This Child is destined to be a sign"
NARRATOR 1:
To be a sacrifice
NARRATOR 2:
To be the spotless sacrificial Lamb
NARRATOR 1:
To be the sacrificial payment for our sins.
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 3:
His birth - was to lead to His death
NARRATOR 4:
His death - which was purposed
NARRATOR 3:
His death... was prophesized:
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
The piercing of His side
NARRATOR 6:
Zechariah 12: 10
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 2:
The gall and the vinegar
NARRATOR 6:
Psalm 69: 21
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 3:
The mocking
NARRATOR 6:
Psalm 22: 7 to 8
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
The casting of lots
NARRATOR 6:
Psalm 22: 17 to 18
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 5:
His unbroken bones
NARRATOR 6:
Psalm 34, verse 20
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
And Jesus’s CRY - echoed the darkness felt
NARRATOR 6:
Psalm 22, verse 2
NARRATOR 3:
The cry as He took on the pain and torment of all our sins, even though He Himself was innocent
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
And Jesus took our place in the darkness
NARRATOR 6:
Isaiah 53, verse 9
NARRATOR 4:
Taking on all the punishment for all our sins, even though He was blameless
NARRATOR 1:
But Jesus conquered death and rose again!
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
Psalm 68: 18
ALL:
He ascended on high!
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
And now we have questions
NARRATOR 2:
The question for eternity
NARRATOR 3:
The question posed to us a long time ago.
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 6:
Proverbs 30, verse 4
NARRATOR 1:
“Who has gone up to heaven – and come down?
NARRATOR 2:
Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of His hands?
NARRATOR 3:
Who has wrapped up the waters in His cloak?
NARRATOR 4:
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 5:
What is His name, and the name of His Son?
NARRATOR 6:
Tell me if you know!”
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
His name is Jesus –
NARRATOR 2:
God with us –
NARRATOR 1:
Immanuel.
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 6:
Jeremiah 31, verse 34
NARRATOR 2:
“'Know the LORD,' because they will all know Me,
NARRATOR 3:
From the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD.
NARRATOR 4:
"For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 5:
WHAT is His name - or His SON’S name?
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 6:
Surely - you know.
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
His name is Jesus –
NARRATOR 4,5,6:
God with us –
ALL:
Immanuel.
.....use in address bar: churchskits.blogspot.com
STYLE:
Speak-theater. (10 pages)
PREMISE:
Themes and statements are repeated for special emphasis as verses on prophecies and prophecies fulfilled are recited.
TOPIC:
Prophecies of Jesus’ birth, life and death.
SCRIPTURE:
Prov.30:4, Is.7:14, Jer.31:34, Micah 5:2, Luke 2:30-34.
CHARACTERS (LINE COUNT) DESCRIPTION:
(12) NARRATOR 1 – clear, strong reader/reciter
(12) NARRATOR 2 – clear, strong reader/reciter
(16) NARRATOR 3 – clear, strong reader/reciter
(17) NARRATOR 4 – clear, strong reader/reciter
(14) NARRATOR 5 – clear, strong reader/reciter
(21) NARRATOR 8 - clear, strong reader/reciter
PROPS:
6 scrolls (scripts or just individual scriptures can be inside).
DIRECTING NOTES:
- gently, slightly overlap certain sentences to create a motion of time continuing on, but create pauses after some sentences for pertinent points to sink in
– there are portions of sentences and thoughts grouped together to create “verses” so you can leave a pause after each grouping, again some pauses should be longer than others
– could be effective to sing “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, did this skit, and then finish with: “O Come, O Come Immanuel”
SCRIPT:
NARRATOR 1:
Glorify Jesus!
NARRATOR 2:
God’s only Son!
NARRATOR 1:
Who LEFT His throne of glory
NARRATOR 3:
Leaving the glory and comforts of heaven!
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
Glorify Jesus!
NARRATOR 5:
God’s only Son!
NARRATOR 4:
Who came down to earth
NARRATOR 6:
Fulfilling the prophecies of old
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
The first reference of Jesus
NARRATOR 2:
Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME
NARRATOR 1:
in Genesis 1, verse 26
NARRATOR 3:
God created mankind in HIS image.
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
The lineage of Jesus
NARRATOR 5:
Began at the fall of man
NARRATOR 4:
in Genesis 3, verse 15
NARRATOR 6:
Through the ACTIONS of Adam and Eve
NARRATOR 5:
SIN - entered the world
NARRATOR 6:
So through the OFFSPRING of Adam and Eve,
NARRATOR 5:
JESUS, the SAVIOR, would COME to this world
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
The promise of Jesus’s coming - was confirmed
NARRATOR 4:
to Abraham
NARRATOR 5:
to Jacob
NARRATOR 6:
to David
NARRATOR 1:
in Genesis 22, verse 18
NARRATOR 2:
Genesis 28, verse 14
NARRATOR 3:
Second Samuel 7, verse 16…
NARRATOR 4:
“Through your offspring all nations on EARTH will be blessed…”
NARRATOR 5:
“All PEOPLES on earth will be BLESSED through you and your offspring.”
NARRATOR 6:
“Your HOUSE and your KINGDOM will ENDURE forever before Me; your THRONE will be established forever.”
NARRATOR 4,5,6:
Through JESUS, your OFFSPRING - all NATIONS on earth will be BLESSED!
NARRATOR 4:
The promise WAS fulfilled
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
God’s SON - was conceived
NARRATOR 2:
As the prophet Isaiah wrote in chapter 7, verse 14
NARRATOR 3:
“Therefore the LORD Himself will GIVE you a sign: the VIRGIN will BE with Child and will give BIRTH to a Son, and - will CALL Him - Immanuel.”
NARRATOR 1,2,3:
‘God WITH us’
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
God’s SON was born
NARRATOR 5:
As the prophet Micah wrote in chapter 5, verse 2
NARRATOR 6:
“But YOU, Bethlehem, Ephrathah (land of Judah), THOUGH you are small among the clans of Judah, out of YOU will come for Me, ONE who will be RULER over Israel, Whose origins are from of old, From ancient times.”
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
God’s SON was spared.
NARRATOR 2:
as prophesized.
NARRATOR 3:
within the pages of
NARRATOR 4:
Hosea 11, verse 1
NARRATOR 5:
Jeremiah 31, verse 15
NARRATOR 6:
Isaiah 11, verse 1
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
They fled to Egypt.
NARRATOR 3:
His allotted time had not yet come.
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 5:
They escaped king Herod’s wrath.
NARRATOR 3:
His allotted time had not yet come.
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 6:
And Jesus grew up in Nazareth.
NARRATOR 3:
His allotted time had not yet come.
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
Jesus’s birth was a blessing to us,
NARRATOR 2:
Not that He was born
NARRATOR 3:
But for what He was born to do.
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
Simeon’s blessing and prophecy
NARRATOR 5:
At the time of Jesus’s birth
NARRATOR 6:
Foretold - His life and death.
NARRATOR 5:
Luke 2, verses 30 to 34
NARRATOR 6:
“my eyes have seen Your Salvation, which You have prepared in the sight of all people" This Child is destined to be a sign"
NARRATOR 1:
To be a sacrifice
NARRATOR 2:
To be the spotless sacrificial Lamb
NARRATOR 1:
To be the sacrificial payment for our sins.
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 3:
His birth - was to lead to His death
NARRATOR 4:
His death - which was purposed
NARRATOR 3:
His death... was prophesized:
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
The piercing of His side
NARRATOR 6:
Zechariah 12: 10
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 2:
The gall and the vinegar
NARRATOR 6:
Psalm 69: 21
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 3:
The mocking
NARRATOR 6:
Psalm 22: 7 to 8
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
The casting of lots
NARRATOR 6:
Psalm 22: 17 to 18
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 5:
His unbroken bones
NARRATOR 6:
Psalm 34, verse 20
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
And Jesus’s CRY - echoed the darkness felt
NARRATOR 6:
Psalm 22, verse 2
NARRATOR 3:
The cry as He took on the pain and torment of all our sins, even though He Himself was innocent
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
And Jesus took our place in the darkness
NARRATOR 6:
Isaiah 53, verse 9
NARRATOR 4:
Taking on all the punishment for all our sins, even though He was blameless
NARRATOR 1:
But Jesus conquered death and rose again!
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 4:
Psalm 68: 18
ALL:
He ascended on high!
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
And now we have questions
NARRATOR 2:
The question for eternity
NARRATOR 3:
The question posed to us a long time ago.
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 6:
Proverbs 30, verse 4
NARRATOR 1:
“Who has gone up to heaven – and come down?
NARRATOR 2:
Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of His hands?
NARRATOR 3:
Who has wrapped up the waters in His cloak?
NARRATOR 4:
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 5:
What is His name, and the name of His Son?
NARRATOR 6:
Tell me if you know!”
(Slightest pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
His name is Jesus –
NARRATOR 2:
God with us –
NARRATOR 1:
Immanuel.
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 6:
Jeremiah 31, verse 34
NARRATOR 2:
“'Know the LORD,' because they will all know Me,
NARRATOR 3:
From the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD.
NARRATOR 4:
"For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 5:
WHAT is His name - or His SON’S name?
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 6:
Surely - you know.
(Slight pause.)
NARRATOR 1:
His name is Jesus –
NARRATOR 4,5,6:
God with us –
ALL:
Immanuel.
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