I declare!!! Field Trip Friday!!! I say so, coz I'm the Mom. heehee...Since we are homeschoolers, we get to go on field trips when most other kids are in school. We get to avoid the crowds!!! I went together with our friends (two homeschooling families) and over there, we bumped into two more homeschooling families! :D
It's so great, the Singapore National Museum is having an open house this Fri, Sat and Sunday. Ok, if you didn't know, you missed that. BUT, this coming Friday, Sat and Sunday (21 -23 Jan) is also going to be Open House!!! FREE!!! Opens at 10 am. Highly highly recommended.... and here's the reasons why....
Pompeii was a Roman city situated in the bay of Naples, Italy. And the fact that the city was decimated in AD79, means all the exhibits that are on display are actual artifacts from the time of Jesus.
Roman Gladiator helmet
This was a Roman Gladiator's shield. My eldest who loves to read about ancient warfare will tell you this is for close armed combat.... as opposed to those big long shields that are for marching formation to deflect in coming arrows... :)
The sudden and devastating destruction of Pompeii made me want to find out why God rained His wrath down on Pompeii.
My children and I saw for ourselves the many gods that the Romans worshipped. These were from family altar tables.
Psalms 115:1-8 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
And as expected, the Romans lived in opluence and to add to that, sensuously.
Sabazius, the Roman god of fertility.
There are websites that postulate that Pompeii was destroyed as a direct response from God for Rome's act of destroying the Temple in Jerusalem in AD70. That is highly interesting.
Whatever the reason that God destroyed Pompeii, He did so in a fashion that the world still looks upon in horrifying awe.
The resin casts of the victims are on display. They are a shocking and solemn testament that God's judgement is Final.
Speaking of the second coming: 1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
The video below was a good pre-lesson that we watched in preparation for the field trip. One of my children got so frightened watching it that he didn't want to go for the field trip. :p But he found that the museum wasn't as scary. :)
Just imagine, when us adults learned about Pompeii, it was only through textbooks or English comprehension passages. This day, our children can go and SEE the ACTUAL artifacts that the people who lived in pompeii used when they were alive! Imagine that.
We are indeed blessed to be living in Singapore that our children have so many learning opportunities. And free of charge too!!!
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