I am Handel’s biggest fan, and last Christmas, I wrote Vol. 194: Handel’s Messiah and the Bible. This year, we dive deeper into the verses with two personal notes.

Matthew 5:38-42 offers some of the most complex verses in the Bible's New Testament. A Missouri faith leader shares insight, noting Christ "turned the other cheek" on the cross.

31. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." — 2 Corinthians 5:17 32. "And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by ...

Joshua asked Elijah when the Messiah would finally arrive, and Elijah responded: “Ask him yourself.” Elijah told Joshua that the Messiah was already living in this world.