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The Scriptures In Handel’s Messiah

Isaiah 40

40 5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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The King James Version

God Bless America.

ML/LTOS

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Oh LORD, Our God,
How Excellent is Your name Over All The Earth!
How Magnificent, How Glorious, and How Lovely!
And How Excellent is Your Law,
Your Eternal Word,
Which You have Preserved to This Day.
Abba Father, We Thank You For Creating us In Your Image.
We Thank You For those You have Gifted with Art and Music,
And We Rejoice When Those Who Are Gifted
Use their Gifts To Glorify YOU.

Let all that has been Concealed
Be Revealed.

Father, We Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem,
According To Your Will and Promise.
We Pray That You Will Forgive The Sins
of Our Own Nation,
and Lead us all to Godly Repentance.
Create in Us Clean Hearts, Oh LORD,
and Renew a Right Spirit Within Us.

This we Pray Together,
As We Await Your Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Set Up His Kingdom,
And Make All Things Right.

God Bless America.

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Isaiah 40

40 5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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The King James Version

Looking Back at Yesterday's Post, I realize that the Overture was interpreted with a slower tempo than indicated. I apologize for that. Handel did not compose the Messiah as a dirge, in fact, most of the songs and choruses in the Oratorio are in dance tempi. Yes, you read that right. Remember, this was not composed for Church. Come to think of it, Church Music shouldn't be "dirgy" either, but that is a whole other debate.

So now, after the too-slow Overture and the plaintive Voice Crying in the Wilderness, we are treated to THIS. You can almost stomp your feet to it. It makes me want to dance even with a sore knee.

This is not a musical analysis of Handel's "Messiah". We have members on this site who can do a MUCH better job of that than I can. Rather, we are reading the Scriptures in the sequence that was laid out by Charles Jennens, to be set to music by George Frederick Handel.

Mr. Jennens was not particularly pleased with the result. As a matter of fact, he penned this note to a friend of his:

"I shall show you a collection I gave to Handel, call'd "Messiah", which I value highly, & he has made a fine entertainment of it, tho' not near so good as he might & ought to have done."

(YIKES! Now I don't feel so bad when folks criticize my religious music!)

Of course, nearly EVERYBODY remembers at least SOMETHING from Handel's "Messiah", but how many people have heard of Charles Jennens? And the strength of the Libretto is NOT from Mr. Jennens himself, but from the Holy Scriptures. Perhaps that is why Mr. Jennens was a wee bit disgruntled by Handel's use of popular dance beats for his settings of Scripture.

The "Messiah's" use of Isaiah 40 Continues with a Magnificent Choral Work based on ONE LINE of Scripture. The Voices of the Choir weave in and out of each other and hammer home the verse. This is a favorite of (well-trained) church choirs around Christmas Time. It is remarkable how much music can be launched by this one statement!

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[etabeta]

My prayers always. God bless.

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Thank You, Etabeta, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[redryder_90]

Amen

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Thank You, redryder_90, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[TianaHighrider]

Prayers and Blessings up, in Jesus Christ Name.
Happy New Year.

[DarthVader]

Amen !!! <><

Psalm 114

1 When Israel went out from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah became God’s* sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled;
Jordan turned back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.

5 Why is it, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 who turns the rock into a pool of water,
the flint into a spring of water.

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Thank You, TianaHighrider, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Thank You, DarthVader, For Your Prayers and Wonderful Psalm For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Hiskid]

Glory to God! Amen

[ViLaLuz]

Amen LTOS. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of this music. I had no idea of the history of this classic.

[ViLaLuz]

Isaiah 40

40 5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
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Sharing a great prayer for our country from a gentleman on the street.

This Man’s Prayer for 2024 Is Spot On
https://rumble.com/v44js9i-this-mans-praythis-mans-prayer-2024-is-spot-oner-2024-is-spot-on.html

Prayers for Israel as well as both our countries’ governments and many of the citizens have embraced secular humanism and all that recycled failure.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Hiskid, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, ViLaLuz, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Hiskid]

Glory to God! Amen

[Jeanbl]

Amen, thank you. Joining in prayer with all.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Hiskid For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Thank You, Jeanbl, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS