Meditations for Holy Week from Handel's Messiah

Behold A Virgin Shall Conceive
Isaiah 7:14 (Matthew 1:23)

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His name EMMANUEL, God with us.

O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
Isaiah 40:9

O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, and be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

Isaiah 60:1

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
Isaiah 60:2,3

For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

The people that walked in darkness
Isaiah 9:2 (Matthew 3:16)

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

For unto Us a Child is born
Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

Pastoral Symphony

There were shepherds abiding in the field
Luke 2:8

There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

Luke 2:9

And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

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