I Know That My Redeemer Liveth! - George Frederick Handel's "Messiah".

[joyofcalcutta]

I'm a non-Christian, but have always liked this song-its truly redeeming. I would also like to say that whatever you believe is what you have faith in, and it becomes your truth. You can never really say that your beliefs are right and the only way forward. Even atheism is a state(of apparent disbelief) that is a milestone for many who are also following the path to finding God even though they do not realize that whereby they prefer to abide by a restricting philosophy that veils them from God.

[victoriouswarrior78]

@Adamalgorithm: much like Afrikitty, I know my Redeemer lives. Until this truth is DIVINELY REVEALED, one will question whether it's truth or a myth. In my journey to seek truth, I'm so thankful it was revealed to me by the Spirit of the Living God, wherein I can now assuredly say with peace and JOY that "I KNOW my Redeemer lives", and His return to rule and reign IS imminent. Seek & U will find. The truth shall set U free ... including freedom of "religion"! Jesus, the Messiah, LIVES! : ))

[Afrikitty]

@victoriouswarrior78 Thank you for your kind word to AdamAlgorithm. You never know which way your words will make him turn. I can assure you though, your words will not be ignored. I speak from personal experience.

[Adamalgorithm]

@victoriouswarrior78 I am not worried about physical evidence (there is none). Even if this childish myth is true, it is still a silly childish myth. I do not care if Adam or Eve ever existed. I care that a crazy psychopathic god will kill and torture all of humanity simply because Adam and Eve ate an APPLE!!!!! What kind of a cruel psychopath punishes people with death for eating a banned fruit ? The whole foundation of Christianity is a cruel nonsense (even if the apple is only an allegory!).

[victoriouswarrior78]

@Adamalgorithm The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are nonsense to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned. In other words, without the Spirit of the Living God, we, in our natural state alone, cannot understand what is written in the Word of God, the Bible. Once His truth is revealed, life is forever different ... and beautiful!

[Adamalgorithm]

I am atheist and I love such music. One can be spiritual without believing bronze age childish myths.

[Afrikitty]

@Adamalgorithm You are quite right - one can only believe such "bronze age childish myths" by the power of God! Perhaps He will pay you a visit one day - who knows.

I am glad you enjoyed the song.

[RussReemt]

@Adamalgorithm - How do you know? Have you really ever read the Bible? Have you studied it? Do you know? Really? What if it IS true? How do you account for your faith in mere randomness of the universe? Of universal beauty and order? Yes, also of of disorder and chaos? What is your explanation? Not looking for a drawn out conversation/debate here. Just asking you to think through this a little more.

[Adamalgorithm]

@RussReemt From your comments I understand that you do not understand Evolution. Evolution is the very opposite of mere randomness. You have been misled by your fellow Christians into believing lies and untruths about Evolution and what science really says. I have thought about the things very carefully. I will ask you to do the same: What if religion is empty promises and no different from a fairy tale and a myth? Would if Jesus was just an ordinary human and died/decomposed like all animals?

[Afrikitty]

@Adamalgorithm Christians DO know and understand evolution. Your "laws" change with the wind. One of the laws of evolution used to be "accident"!. Of course it has changed, to where confusion reigns because of this nonsense. Chaos reigns in evolution!

"For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of HIM WHO SUBJECTED IT, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption..." (Romans 8:20-21)

That sounds like Entropy to me! No? LOL

[Jonahman10]

@Adamalgorithm But what if it is real?

[Adamalgorithm]

@Jonahman10 If it is real then God/Zeus/Santa Claus will have to explain why all the evidence points to an evil or nonexistent deity/Santa Claus and why honest good truth seeking people like me have to believe without evidence. Belief without evidence is not a virtue.

[Jonahman10]

@Adamalgorithm Try icr.org for evidence and maybe learn a little theoretical physics as well. Good Luck and God bless.

[Afrikitty]

@Adamalgorithm I see my Christian viewers have taken you to heart. (^_*) I am deeply encouraged by this. I pray the Lord Jesus Christ will "come and get ya".

May He make His face to shine upon you.

My love to you through Christ.

[worthingSarah]

If the older lady pictured was one of your family, I hope you have found comfort in knowing that resurrection will come...

[Limpandtotheleft]

Lovely, simple, flowing piece of music. I come to it as someone with NO religious beliefs at all. Well, other than that organised religions are essentially destructive to the 'out group'. Believe what we believe or we'll make you suffer! You only need to look at the raving Islamofascists - and the similarly intolerant Christian fundamentalists. Essentially singing from the same hymn sheet. I had the great joy to hear Messiah a few years ago where all the women's parts were sung by boys.

[AbaloneKid]

As a great movement of the Holy Spirit, who when Christ commanded to go and create, this blessed video moves in that loving fragrance with the ebb and flow of anointed praise music, and takes us on a journey of creation in all forms that one day will be even more glorious by His hand!

Come Lord Jesus, make a short work of the finale of discord and evil that grips the lost world our sister uplifts, a magnificent prelude to the full orchestration of Jesus Christ someday soon.

[ScottishProfessor]

Very nice, just what I needed! :) Thanks sister. Thumbs up.

[Afrikitty]

@ScottishProfessor Hey Marty, It's great to see you visiting one of my videos, for a change - and to know that you like this kind of music. May God bless you, my brother. Keep up the good work on your channel, and never forget "Who shall lay a charge against God's elect." (Romans 8:33) Stand firm on the promises of our Lord and Saviour.

[Afrikitty]

Hello Riley,

Thank you for stopping by. I am glad you were blessed by this piece of music. Yes, it is very soothing indeed. May God bless you in return in all you do here on YouTube.

[Afrikitty]

Yes, and Amen, BlindLed.

I actually heard this piece of music many years before I got saved and it sent goose-bumps down my spine. It wasn't just the gorgeous music or the beauty of the woman's voice - it was those words. My soul instinctively knew they were true, even though I had no clue they were in the Bible at the time.

I believe this is part of the drawing process of those who are born elect of God!

[ProclaimHisWord]

Simply beautiful! Now this is music.

[Afrikitty]

Hello Mark,

Yes, it is, isn't it. A balm to the weary soul. Sometimes this is all one can say to our Saviour - nothing more.

I am glad you liked this song. Thank you for stopping by.

[stefanya]

Very beautiful ohhhhhh!  Thank you for sharing!

[Afrikitty]

Thank you stefanya. I am glad you liked this version of this glorious song.

[RainhadoCanto4]

Oh! This is so very beautiful, Elizabeth! What Creation God has made for us!

Other than the Messiah and other religious tunes, I love Handel's Rinaldo! What a stretch! Cecilia Bartoli sings the main aria (Lascio ch' io pianga) supremely well!

Thank you, my dear! I pray you are well!

[Afrikitty]

Thank you Helga,

I could not, for the life of me, place the soprano's voice. There is no information on the CD cover.

What else could one do but potray the creation of God to this aria. It was this piece that started me with my love affair with opera. When I was a young girl, nursing in Cape Town, I had a friend who loved this kind of music and I could never understand as my music interests were far darker than this. But, when I went into the audio field, I grew to love a variety of genres.

[RainhadoCanto4]

@Afrikitty

Oh! I love arias! Of course, since the best ones are sung by male singers, I claim to be a tenorina! If there were reincarnation, I would love to come back as a soprano!

But there is not! I viewed a video in which Indians go out of their way to care for hundreds of RATS running freely all over a temple, feeding them and all!

The reason for this? They believe these rats to be the reincarnation of those who died! And yes, a special blessing is to be had should one get to kiss one!

[Afrikitty]

Yes Helga,

I am aware of these temple rats that are fed the fat of the milk and what else, while the people are starving. Romans 1 speaks adequately of this phenomenon, when it states:

"they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen." (Verse 25)

It will never cease to amaze me what people will allow their darkened minds to believe,