Holy Week Meditations from Handel's Messiah

Why do the nations so furiously rage together?

Psalm 2:1,2 (Acts 4:25-26)

Why do the heathen rage, and why do the people imagine a vain thing?

The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His Anointed,

Let us break their bonds asunder

Psalm 2:3

Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.

He that dwelleth in heaven

Psalm 2:4

He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision.

Thou shalt break them

Psalm 2:9

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Hallelujah

Revelation 19:6

Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Revelation 11:15

. . . the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ: and He shall reign for ever and ever.

Revelation 19:16

. . . KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS.

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