Any children’s worker can explain the reason why Jesus came using the Gospel magic trick of the Dean’s Box
After the birth of Jesus demonstrated through the use of the cut and restore trick you can do a side track and explain the reason for Jesus’ birth.
For this you can use the Dean’s box magic trick. I bought mine very cheaply through Alibaba Express. The only problem was that it didn’t come with any explanation as to how the trick works. If you choose yours through Alibaba Express you can send me an email and I will send you a video in which I explain how the trick works. It looks great and it is very easy to do!
Ask two children to come forward as volunteers. Give them each a coloured rope to inspect. The yellow rope symbolises God. The red rope symbolises mankind. The red wooden box symbolises the stable.
Explain that when God created us we were connected with Him. You connect the ropes as demonstrated in the video and tell the children that God promised that He would never let go. But we did let go and therefore lost our connection with God.
Then you explain what happened in the manger. God and mankind came back together through the coming of Jesus Christ. Jesus tied a knot between us and God without making a real knot. To demonstrate this you tie the two ropes together in the stable without making a knot.
But how is this possible?
To explain this you need an energy stick from idea 198. You ask your two volunteers to take hold of the silver ending on the energy stick with one hand. Ask if you are allowed to touch their noses and when you do the energy stick will come alive. This will give a laugh. Especially when they are allowed to touch your nose with their other hand. You explain how the energy stick works with a small current of electricity that we cannot see or feel, but flows through us. It connects us. This is the same with Jesus. You cannot see or feel him, but he connects us with God.
Put the ropes back in the box, tie them on the top to the energy stick, pull the ropes and they are back together again. Amazing!
You can finish this act by saying that Christmas means that God keeps his promise: I will never let you go.
Make sure your two volunteers get a big round of applause before they leave the stage and you’re ready to go to the third piece of the puzzle.
You can do this too during your Christmas service, school assembly or in your Sunday school lesson
Watch the demonstration video
You can see me doing a full demonstration of this story and magic trick in the video below.
Don't forget – any children’s worker can do this Gospel magic trick. It only needs a little bit of practice. So give it a try!