For Unto Us A Child Is Born, from Handel’s Messiah, takes its text straight from Isaiah. The darkness of sin has been replaced by hope in the alleviation of that sin by the Messiah, born in a manger. As is written in Isaiah 9, “the people walking in darkness hath seen a great light.” The long awaited Redeemer has come!
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6
