Handel’s Messiah Part 2 – Since By Man Came Death
I love that the songs are comprised of Bible verses and not only tell the story of Christmas, as we call it, but also lay out the gospel plan of salvation for everyone.
A tad bit of history: The king asked Handle to write a composition for Easter. Handel lived at the same time as Bach. But Handel was a bit more passionate about his work and the king liked his style…
Okay, so the pastor in church yesterday told us a story. It was about how his beautiful little son just loves the zoo. How he, at four years old loves to get close to anything and everything that is animal. So they went. And the were over near the six-foot Komodo Dragon that had just eaten it’s dinner. He described how there were still pieces of bone attached to the flesh of the dinner the dragon had just devoured. And how, in all their wisdom, the zoo people had not only a railing around this dragon, but also a very tall, glass enclosure. In my view as a mom, glass enclosure + little kids = smart…
