Hallelujah (Dictionary): Used to express praise; joy; or thanks; a shout or song of praise or thanksgiving; a shout or song of praise or thanks to God.
Hallelujah (Bible): Hallelujah, Praise the Lord; rule, reign, reign over.
As we enter into Easter, we must first pause at Good Friday. It is a sobering moment and should cause us to once again ponder the immense cost to God! On Sunday we enter into the joy that can only be captured on Resurrection Sunday!
I remember one particular Easter moment when I was in my early 30’s. I was driving to my grandmother’s home to pick up my yearly Easter almond ring. Yum! On the way there the radio played Handel’s Messiah chorus. So I turned the volume way up. It was a moment to be sure! Resurrection Sunday, top down on the convertible, 70 degrees, , and Handle’s Messiah! And an almond ring! I believe that God gifts us with these moments to experience just a small portion of the joy we will have in heaven. It is always a touch of His grace.
There are many hymns composed for Easter including “Crown Him With Many Crowns, Jesus Christ is Risen Today, and The Hallelujah Chorus” to name a few. As we look at the familiar Hallelujah Chorus, we soon realize that it is a portion of a much larger, three piece work by Handle entitled Messiah. The part we know the best is The Hallelujah Chorus. Why not find a Christian choir on the internet and sing along?
Handel’s Messiah (The Hallelujah Chorus)
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
(For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth)
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
(Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah)
Hallelujah
The kingdom of this world is become
the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ
and of His Christ
And He shall reign forever and ever
And He shall reign forever and ever
And He shall reign forever and ever
And He shall reign forever and ever
King of kings forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah
and Lord of lords forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah
King of kings forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah
and Lord of lords forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah
King of kings forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah
and Lord of lords
King of kings and Lord of lords
And He shall reign And He shall reign
And He shall reign He shall reign
And He shall reign forever and ever
King of kings forever and ever
and Lord of lords hallelujah hallelujah
And He shall reign forever and ever
King of kings and Lord of lords
King of kings and Lord of lords
And He shall reign forever and ever
Forever and ever and ever and ever
(King of kings and Lord of lords
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
“Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.”—Mother Teresa
Have a blessed Easter-HE IS RISEN-HE IS RISEN INDEED!
