1 Corinthians 15:54b

⁵⁴ So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

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Then shall be brought to pass (air), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Carolyn Watkinson, Academy of Ancient Music

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1 Corinthians 15:52b-54a

⁵² In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

⁵⁴ So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

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The trumpet shall sound (air), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Baritone Christopher Purves, trumpeter David Blackadder, Academy of Ancient Music

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1 Corinthians 15:51-52

⁵¹ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

⁵² In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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Behold I tell you a mystery (recitative), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by WeiShu Tsai, Dallas Philharmonic Choir

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1 Corinthians 15:21-22

²¹ For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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Since by man came death (chorus), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of London School for Girls

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Job 19:25-26; 1 Corinthians 15:20

²⁵ For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

²⁶ And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

²⁰ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

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I know that my redeemer liveth (air), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Sylvia McNair, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

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Psalm 2:9

⁹ Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

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Thou shalt break them (air), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Paul Elliott, Academy of Ancient Music

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Psalm 2:4 

⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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He that dwelleth in Heaven (recitative), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Paul Elliott, Academy of Ancient Music

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Psalm 2:3

³ Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

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Let us break their bonds asunder (chorus), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

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Psalm 2:1-2

¹ Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

² The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

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Why do the nations so furiously rage together? (air), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra, soloist Philippe Sly

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Romans 10:18b

¹⁸ But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

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Their sound is gone out (chorus), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by The Tabernacle Choir

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