Exegetical Aim: To illustrate the permanence of a seal.

Props: A piece of writing paper, a pen, a candle, a match, and something to leave an impression in wax A ring with some kind of insignia would be best. You will probably want to practice this at home before doing it for the children.

Lesson: Once upon a time, there were lots of kings. Kings were the most important people in the land. From time to time they would need to send important letters to someone. But they would not want anyone else to read the letter. So they needed a way to keep people from reading their letters, so that the words inside the letter would be safe. Since they did not have envelopes, they had a really neat way of protecting their letters.

Take out the writing paper When kings wanted to write letters, they wou…