Old Testament Seminary Teacher Manual

Contents
Title Page
Introduction to the Teacher Manual
Old Testament Lessons
- Welcome to the Old Testament
- Moses 1; Abraham 3
- Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5
- Genesis 3–4; Moses 4–5
- Genesis 5; Moses 6
- Moses 7
- Genesis 6–11; Moses 8
- Genesis 12–17; Abraham 1–2
- Genesis 18–23
- Genesis 24–33
- Genesis 37–41
- Genesis 42–50
- Exodus 1–6
- Easter
- Exodus 7–13
- Exodus 14–18
- Exodus 19–20; 24; 31–34
- Exodus 35–40; Leviticus 1; 4; 16; 19
- Numbers 11–14; 20–24; 27
- Deuteronomy 6–8; 15; 18; 29–30; 34
- Joshua 1–8; 23–24
- Judges 2–4; 6–8; 13–16
- Ruth; 1 Samuel 1–7
- 1 Samuel 8–10; 13; 15–16
- 1 Samuel 17–18; 24–26; 2 Samuel 5–7
- 2 Samuel 11–12; 1 Kings 3; 6–9; 11
- 1 Kings 12–13; 17–22
- 2 Kings 2–7
- 2 Kings 16–25
- 2 Chronicles 14–20; 26; 30
- Ezra 1, 3–7; Nehemiah 2; 4–6; 8
- Esther
- Job 1–3; 12–14; 19; 21–24; 38–40; 42
- Psalms 1–2; 8; 19–33; 40; 46
- Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86
- Psalms 102–103; 110; 116–119; 127–128; 135–139; 146–150
- Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31; Ecclesiastes 1–3; 11–12
- Isaiah 1–12
- Isaiah 13–14; 22; 24–30; 35
- Isaiah 40–49
- Isaiah 50–57
- Isaiah 58–66
- Jeremiah 1–3; 7; 16–18; 20
- Jeremiah 31–33; 36–38; Lamentations 1; 3
- Ezekiel 1–3; 33–34; 36–37; 47
- Daniel 1–7
- Hosea; Joel
- Amos; Obadiah; Jonah
- Micah; Nahum; Habakkuk; Zephaniah
- Haggai 1–2; Zechariah 1–4; 7–14
- Malachi
Life Preparation Lessons
- Doctrinal Mastery: Finding Answers to My Questions
- Scripture Study Skills
- For the Strength of Youth Guide
- Building Self–Reliance
- Physical and Emotional Health
- Preparing for Future Education and Employment
- Succeed in School
- Missionary Preparation
- Temple Preparation
- Teachings of Church Leaders
Appendix

Moses 4:5–32; 5:1–15, Part 2: “As Thou Hast Fallen Thou Mayest Be Redeemed”

“Moses 4:5–32; 5:1–15, Part 2: ‘As Thou Hast Fallen Thou Mayest Be Redeemed,’” Old Testament Seminary Teacher Manual (2026)

“Moses 4:5–32; 5:1–15, Part 2: ‘As Thou Hast Fallen Thou Mayest Be Redeemed,’” Old Testament Seminary Teacher Manual

Genesis 3–4; Moses 4–5: Lesson 12

Moses 4:5–32; 5:1–15, Part 2

“As Thou Hast Fallen Thou Mayest Be Redeemed”

The Fall of Adam and Eve introduced challenges that they had not experienced in the Garden of Eden. They were separated from the presence of God and would now experience sin, physical death, and other mortal difficulties. However, our loving Father in Heaven provided a Savior to overcome the effects of the Fall. This lesson can help students feel the joy of redemption from the Fall through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

Student preparation: Invite students to look for the effects of the Fall of Adam and Eve all around them. These could include birth, death, physical bodies, sin, hunger, sickness, and so on. Ask students to ponder how Jesus Christ can help with each effect they identify.

Possible Learning Activities

Our need for a Redeemer

Begin class by helping students understand our need for the Atonement of Jesus Christ. One way you could do this is by using the following idea, adapted from the talk “The Atonement of Jesus Christ” (Tad R. Callister, Ensign or Liahona, May 2019, 85). Display a picture of someone falling out of an airplane, and invite students to discuss the following:

Imagine you fell out of an airplane, thousands of feet in the air, without a parachute or any other equipment.

What might you do to try to slow your fall?
What hope would you have of survival?

In contrast, imagine that before you fell out of the plane, a friend was able to put a parachute on you.

How would you feel differently about your fall?
How would you feel about your friend?

To help students connect the previous discussion to our need for the Atonement of Jesus Christ, they could discuss the following questions with a partner. If students created pamphlets about the effects of the Fall in the previous lesson, you could first invite them to briefly review these pamphlets. If students did not create pamphlets, you might modify the activities that reference them.
How could we compare this analogy to the Fall of Adam and Eve and the role of Jesus Christ’s Atonement in Heavenly Father’s plan?
What are some of the effects of the Fall that we need the help of Jesus Christ to overcome?

As needed, remind students that because of the Fall, we all experience spiritual death. This means that we are born into a world separated from God’s presence and that we commit sin, which also spiritually separates us from Him. Because of the Fall, we also face difficulties, sicknesses, weaknesses, and eventually physical death.

Invite students to ponder the following:
Which of the following statements are true of you?
1. I don’t know why I need the Savior.
2. I understand why I need the Savior, but don’t think I could explain it to someone else.
3. I could explain our need for the Savior to someone else.
4. I feel love and gratitude for Jesus Christ and what He has done for me.

Encourage students to invite the Holy Ghost’s influence by actively participating throughout the lesson.

The Atonement of Jesus Christ

As part of the Fall, Adam and Eve had to leave the Garden of Eden. The Lord continued to bless them by providing clothing (see Moses 4:27) and giving commandments to help them overcome the Fall.

Consider displaying the image at the beginning of this lesson and reading the following verses as a class. Pause occasionally to invite students to share what they are learning. For example, after reading verses 5–7, they might discuss how offering the firstlings of their flocks symbolized the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Or you could ask students what they learn from Adam’s example of obedience and how they could apply this example to their own lives.

Read Moses 5:5–9, looking for what God commanded.

What did Adam and Eve learn from the angel and the Holy Ghost?

Students could identify that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can be redeemed from the Fall. Consider inviting students to mark words or phrases in verses 7 and 9 that teach this truth. You might explain that redeemed means to be rescued or freed.

To help students deepen their understanding of this truth, display the following instructions and provide students with the handout below. You could place students in groups of three and invite each student within the group to study a different section of the handout. Students could then share with their groups what they learned and create the next page in their pamphlets together. (Note: Lesson 21: “Assess Your Learning 1” suggests that students refer to the pamphlets they create in this activity to help them explain the role of Jesus Christ as our Redeemer.)

Inside your pamphlet, label the right (blank) page “The Atonement of Jesus Christ.”
Study the material on the handout to learn how the Atonement of Jesus Christ redeems us from the effects of the Fall. You may have listed the effects of the Fall on the previous page of your pamphlet.
On the new page of your pamphlet, write one or two sentences summarizing what you learn from each section of the handout. Seek help from the Holy Ghost to recognize how these teachings relate to you.

Consider inviting a few students to share what they wrote in their pamphlets. The other students could add what they learn from their classmates to their pamphlets.

The joy of redemption

Invite students to label the back cover of their pamphlets “The Joy of My Redemption.” Encourage them to copy the following statement onto that page, leaving room to write under it.

President Russell M. Nelson taught:

When we can feel the Savior’s Atonement working in our lives, we will be filled with joy. (“Joy and Spiritual Survival,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2016, 84)

Read Moses 5:10–11, looking for what Adam and Eve observed about the results of both the Fall and the Savior’s Atonement.

What stands out to you from their words?

Give students time to complete the final page of their pamphlets, which they could do by writing a personalized version of Moses 5:10–11. Like Adam and Eve, they could write reasons they have for feeling joy because of their Redeemer.

Consider concluding by inviting a few students to share what they wrote.

Additional Resources

How do we overcome spiritual death?

Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught:

All overcome spiritual death by being brought back into the presence of God to be judged. Jesus said, “As I have been lifted up [upon the cross] by men even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works” (3 Nephi 27:14). Those who are cleansed from sin will remain with God in the heavenly kingdom, but those who have not repented and are unclean cannot dwell with a holy God, and after the Judgment they must depart and thereby suffer spiritual death again. This is sometimes referred to as a second death or suffering spiritual death a second time. (See Helaman 14:15–18.) (“Redemption,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2013, 112, endnote 3)

Moses 4:27. What is the relationship between the “coat of skins” and the Atonement of Jesus Christ?

The scriptures describe people who stand in the presence of God with unresolved sins as standing before Him in their “nakedness” (2 Nephi 9:14; Mormon 9:5).

President Russell M. Nelson shared how the Atonement of Jesus Christ symbolically “covers” us:

In Hebrew, the basic word for atonement is kaphar, a verb that means “to cover” or “to forgive.” Closely related is the Aramaic and Arabic word kafat, meaning “a close embrace.” …

I weep for joy when I contemplate the significance of it all. To be redeemed is to be atoned—received in the close embrace of God with an expression not only of His forgiveness, but of our oneness of heart and mind. (“The Atonement,” Ensign, Nov. 1996, 34)

Supplemental Learning Activities

Similitude of Jesus Christ

To help students understand Moses 5:5–7, invite them to identify similarities between Adam and Eve’s sacrifice of the firstlings of their flocks and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. They could look up “Lamb of God” in Guide to the Scriptures or “Jesus Christ, Lamb of God” in the Topical Guide. Or you could invite them to search the following passages:

Cain and Abel

If you feel students could benefit from studying the account of Cain and Abel, consider displaying the following image. Explain that Cain and Abel were children of Adam and Eve (see Moses 5:16–17). Cain grew angry with his brother Abel and killed him.

Invite students to search Moses 5:18–33 in pairs. One student could look for choices Cain made that led to murdering his brother. The other student could look for evidence that Cain was loved by his parents and the Lord.

What did you learn about the Lord’s mercy?
What did you learn about the consequences of rejecting the Lord’s invitation to repent?

(Note: You could explain that because of Cain’s wickedness, he received a curse that included being “shut out from the presence of the Lord” [Moses 5:41]. A mark was also placed upon Cain [see Moses 5:39–40]. We should not speculate about the details of this mark or speculate that the curse applied to anyone but Cain.)