The Velveteen Bible

This Bible was given to me through a site called BookSneeze.  I review the books, and then I get to keep them.

The Velveteen Bible is NKJV.  I found it interesting that by the picuture I would have thought it was a story book/bible.  I understand it says Holy Bible right on it, but it seemed younger than the actual Bible.  I pulled it out of the package and it was in this box(that you see above).  Inside of the box is a "velveteen Bible."  It's cute.  It's got the bunny in velvet along with some velvet accents.  My 4 year old son enjoyed feeling the "velvet Bible" :)

We began by openning it up and looking at some of the pictures.  They had verses and pictures of animals.  I think my son may have gotten the wrong impression by seeing a picture of 3 ducks waddling when I read to him, "whatever you have done to the least of these, you have done unto me."  I think he was thinking about doing things to ducks.  But, what can I say?  He's 4.

I asked him if he wanted to read about that story, and sure enough, he did.  So, I flipped to Matthew 25 and read it to him:

Matthew 25:31-46 (New King James Version)

The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations

 
³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy^[a] angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. ³² All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. ³³ And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: ³⁵ for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You,or thirsty and give You drink? ³⁸ When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? ³⁹ Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ ⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
⁴¹ “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: ⁴² for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
⁴⁴ “Then they also will answer Him,^[b] saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ ⁴⁵ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ ⁴⁶ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

I think I would have been a bit confused too, but he rolled with the punches (so to speak), and heard the story.  It was a good teaching moment anyway.

If I were looking for a son for my son I would not buy the "Velveteen Bible," but I don't think that's what the producers had in mind anyway.  This would be a great Bible for an elementary aged girl.