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Book SynopsisThis elegant volume offers forty captivating reflections that harmoniously blend the libretto from Handel's Messiah with corresponding passages from the Bible.
Table of ContentsPART 1: CHRIST'S BIRTH AND ITS FORETELLING
1. Comfort Ye My People (Isaiah 40:1-5) Movements 1-4
2. I Will Shake All Nations (Haggai 2:1-9) Movement 5 (Part 1)
3. He Shall Come (Malachi 2:13-3:1) Movement 5 (Part 2)
4. And He Shall Purify (Malachi 3:2-4)
Movements 6 and 7
5. God with Us (Isaiah 7:10-16)
Movement 8
6. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings (Isaiah 40:6-9)
Movement 9 (Part 1)
7. Arise, Shine (Isaiah 60:1-6)
Movements 9 (Part 2) and 10
8. The People That Walked in Darkness (Isaiah 9:1-2)
Movement 11
9. For unto Us a Child Is Born (Isaiah 9:3-7)
Movement 12
10. Keeping Watch (Luke 2:8-10)
Movements 13-15 (Part 1)
11. Born This Day (Luke 2:11-12)
Movement 15 (Part 2)
12. Glory to God (Luke 2:13-20)
Movements 16 and 17
13. Rejoice Greatly (Zechariah 9:9-12)
Movement 18
14. The Lame Shall Leap (Isaiah 35:1-7)
Movement 19
15. He Shall Feed His Flock (Isaiah 40:10-11)
Movement 20 (Part 1)
16. His Yoke Is Easy (Matthew 11:16-30)
Movements 20 (Part 2) and 21
PART 2: CHRIST'S PASSION AND RESURRECTION
17. Behold the Lamb (John 1:29-34)
Movement 22
18. He Was Despised (Isaiah 52:13-53:3)
Movement 23
19. He Bore Our Griefs (Isaiah 53:4-5, 9-12)
Movements 24 and 25
20. All We Like Sheep (Isaiah 53:6)
Movement 26
21. They Laugh Him to Scorn (Psalm 22:1-15)
Movements 27 and 28
22. There Was No One to Comfort Him (Psalm 69:7-20)
Movement 29
23. Sorrow Like unto His Sorrow (Lamentations 1:1-12)
Movement 30
24. He Was Cut Off (Psalm 16:9-11)
Movements 31 and 32
25. He Is the King of Glory (Psalm 24)
Movement 33
26. Let All the Angels Worship Him (Hebrews 1:1-8)
Movements 34 and 35
27. Even from Thine Enemies (Psalm 68:1-12, 17-20)
Movements 36 and 37
28. How Beautiful (Romans 10:8-15)
Movement 38
29. Into All Lands (Psalm 19)
Movement 39
30. Why Do the Nations Rage? (Psalm 2:1-3, 7-8)
Movements 40 and 41
31. The Lord Shall Break Them (Psalm 2:4-6, 9-12)
Movements 42 and 43
32. Hallelujah (Revelation 19:6-16)
Movement 44
PART 3: CHRIST'S ETERNAL REIGN
33. My Redeemer Liveth (Job 19:23-27)
Movement 45 (Part 1)
34. For Now Christ Is Risen (1 Corinthians 15:12-20)
Movement 45 (Part 2)
35. All Shall Be Made Alive (1 Corinthians 15:21-22)
Movement 46
36. We Shall Be Changed (1 Corinthians 15:51-53)
Movements 47 and 48
37. Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (1 Corinthians 15:54-58)
Movements 49-51
38. If God Be for Us (Romans 8:31-39)
Movement 52
39. Worthy Is the Lamb (Revelation 5:11-13)
Movement 53 (Part 1)
40. Amen (Revelation 5:14)
Movement 53 (Part 2)
