Journey Through the Bible Week 31 (31 of 52)
Series: 365 Day Journey Through the Bible
Donald Cantrell
Isaiah 9-Isaiah 41
Day 211 July 30 - Isaiah 9, 10, 11, and 12
George Frideric Handel's Messiah was originally an Easter offering. It burst onto the stage of Musick Hall in Dublin on April 13, 1742. The audience swelled to a record 700, as ladies had heeded pleas by management to wear dresses ''without Hoops'' in order to make ''Room for more company.'' Handel's superstar status was not the only draw; many also came to glimpse the contralto, Susannah Cibber, and then embroiled in a scandalous divorce.
The men and women in attendance sat mesmerized from the moment the tenor followed the mournful string overture with his piercing opening line: ''Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.'' Soloists alternated with wave upon wave of chorus, until, near the midway point, Cibber intoned: ''He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.'' So moved was the Rev. Patrick Delany that he leapt to his feet and cried out: ''Woman, for this be all thy sins forgiven thee!''
Smithsonian Magazine
Point to Ponder
In Handel's ''Messiah'' we hear the beautiful and majestic words ''And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace.''
I - The Mighty Throne (Isaiah 9)
II - The Massive Trouble (Isaiah 10)
III - The Majestic Triumph (Isaiah 11)
IV - The Marvelous Throng (Isaiah 12)
Point to Ponder
The beauty of that song has merely been around for 276 years, yet the universe has sung of his greatest since the dawning of creation.
Point to Ponder
There will be a day in the future when the ''Mighty One of Israel'' will sit down upon his mighty throne and the marvelous throng will worship and adore him as they see him in all of his glory and splendor.
365 Day Journey Through the Bible
Day 212 July 31 - Isaiah 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17
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Series: 365 Day Journey Through the Bible
Donald Cantrell
Isaiah 9-Isaiah 41
Day 211 July 30 - Isaiah 9, 10, 11, and 12
George Frideric Handel's Messiah was originally an Easter offering. It burst onto the stage of Musick Hall in Dublin on April 13, 1742. The audience swelled to a record 700, as ladies had heeded pleas by management to wear dresses ''without Hoops'' in order to make ''Room for more company.'' Handel's superstar status was not the only draw; many also came to glimpse the contralto, Susannah Cibber, and then embroiled in a scandalous divorce.
The men and women in attendance sat mesmerized from the moment the tenor followed the mournful string overture with his piercing opening line: ''Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.'' Soloists alternated with wave upon wave of chorus, until, near the midway point, Cibber intoned: ''He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.'' So moved was the Rev. Patrick Delany that he leapt to his feet and cried out: ''Woman, for this be all thy sins forgiven thee!''
Smithsonian Magazine
Point to Ponder
In Handel's ''Messiah'' we hear the beautiful and majestic words ''And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace.''
I - The Mighty Throne (Isaiah 9)
II - The Massive Trouble (Isaiah 10)
III - The Majestic Triumph (Isaiah 11)
IV - The Marvelous Throng (Isaiah 12)
Point to Ponder
The beauty of that song has merely been around for 276 years, yet the universe has sung of his greatest since the dawning of creation.
Point to Ponder
There will be a day in the future when the ''Mighty One of Israel'' will sit down upon his mighty throne and the marvelous throng will worship and adore him as they see him in all of his glory and splendor.
365 Day Journey Through the Bible
Day 212 July 31 - Isaiah 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17
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