Messiah is a musical work composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel to celebrate the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
During the Easter season in 1742, Handel and the musicians he worked with decided that they would perform Messiah to raise money to free people who had been imprisoned because they could not pay their debts.
President Russell M. Nelson taught that the release of these prisoners from debtor’s prison beautifully symbolizes our own redemption through the Savior Jesus Christ.
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