Why am I sharing a Bible passage about Christmas in July? Not because stores may already be selling Christmas decorations.
This selection was read on Daily Audio Bible (DAB) recently. I told you about DAB before and hope you’ve been listening to it with me daily or as often as possible.
I listen to the chronological version, meaning the text is read in the order it happened or was written, rather than the order the books are arranged in the Bible.
George Frideric Handel used this scripture from Isaiah in his famous work, Messiah, first performed in 1742, performed or heard by millions of people since then.
Although it’s usually performed at Christmas, Handel wrote it for Easter.
Handel’s father was a barber-surgeon. Barber-surgeons were physicians in medieval Europe, who as the name suggests performed surgery, often treating wounds from war injuries. Eventually, surgery and barbery became separate occupations.
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