A video telling the story of Handel’s Messiah and Debtor’s Prison. A great analogy of Christ’s atoning sacrifice for mankind. Also a quote from President Nelson regarding the debt we cannot pay.
In 1741, George Frideric Handel composed an oratorio about Jesus Christ titled Messiah. Handel determined that the proceeds of a performance of Messiah would be donated to pay for the release of debtors from debtor’s prison. Over 140 people who had been jailed because they were unable to pay their debts were set free as a result. Commenting on this event, President Russell M. Nelson said, “Without the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we would all be hopelessly indebted, just as were those people in debtor’s prison. Our Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ, came to pay a debt He didn’t owe because we owed a debt we couldn’t pay.”
(See churchofjesuschrist.org)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y81pmJSgiw
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For another true story that can be compared to the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ, click HERE
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Yours Truly,
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