Christ is Alive!
He has Risen Indeed!
He has Risen from the Dead, Hallelujah!
“I know that my Redeemer lives.”
If I were to change the end of that last statement by only two letters, a “th” for a “s” so it would be “I know that my Redeemer liveth,” you have immediately thought of a song, perhaps the most famous Easter song of all time.
What is it? . . . . Handel’s “Messiah.”
We may know nothing about George Frederic Handel, but we know the “Messiah” (1741).
Oh, we may know that next door to where Handel lived and composed for 36 years almost three centuries ago, a more recent musician called home.
George Frederic Handel lived at No.25 Brook Street, Mayfair, London (from 1723 to 1749).
His neighbor to the left, at No.23 Brook Street? Jimi Hendrix.
Oh, we may be aware that most of the …