What the Bible Says About Christmas - 31 Days of MeditationsSample

Handel’s Messiah (part 4)

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all ... "All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, and shake the head saying, 'He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him' ... Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none ... behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow."

He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken ... "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell: neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption."

Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory ... unto which of the angels said he at anytime, "Thou art my beloved Son, this day have I begotten thee"?

Let all the angels of God worship him ... Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

Is 53:6, Ps 22:7-8, Ps 69:20, La 1:12; Is 53:8, Ps 16:10; Ps 24:10, He 1:5; He 1:6, Ps 68:18 (all verses in the KJV Handel used)