I was sleigh riding with some of our grandchildren and they were talking about the most beautiful music they had ever heard. I asked them what is the most beautiful music ever composed? To help them, I told them that the lyrics were from the most popular book ever written.
The glorious atonement is the most important event in the history of the world, and Handel’s Messiah is the best musical every written to celebrate what our Savior has done and is doing for us; the Atonement over came death and hell (the Fall of Adam and Eve), offers forgiveness for all our sins, resurrection for all, redemption for the world, and a fullness of joy for the faithful. How can we imagine a more loving gift from our Loving Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son. I just listened to the best performance I have heard of it.