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Jesus is quickly thrown backwards with His shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square, wrought-iron nail through the wrist and deep into the wood. Quickly, he moves to the other side and repeats the action, being careful not to pull the arms too tightly but to allow some flexion and movement. The patibulum is then lifted in place at the top of the stipes [the vertical beam].... The left foot is pressed backward against the right foot, and with both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each, leaving the knees moderately flexed. The Victim is now crucified as He slowly sags down with more weight on the nails in the wrists, excruciating, fiery pain shoots along the fingers and up the arms to explode in the brain – the nails in the wrists are putting pressure on the median nerves As He pushes Himself upward to avoid this stretching torment, He places His full weight on the nail through His feet. Again there is the searing agony of the nail tearing through the nerves between the metatarsal bones of the feet. At this point, another phenomenon occurs. As the arms fatigue, great waves of cramps sweep over the muscles, knotting them in deep, relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the inability to push Himself upward... Air can be drawn into the lungs, but cannot be exhaled. Jesus fights to raise Himself in order to get even one small breath. Finally carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs and in the blood stream and the cramps partially subside. Spasmodically He is able to push Himself upward to exhale and bring in the life-giving oxygen... Hours of this limitless pain, cycles of twisting, joint-rending cramps, intermit tent partial asphyxiation, searing pain as tissue is torn from His lacerated back as He moves up and down against the rough timber: Then another agony begins. A deep crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with serum and begins to compress the heart... It is now almost over – the loss of tissue fluids has reached a critical level – the compressed heart is struggling to pump heavy, thick, sluggish blood into the tissues – the tortured lungs are making a frantic effort to gasp in small gulps of air... The body of Jesus is now in extremis and He can feel the chill of death creeping through His tissues... His mission of atonement has been completed. Finally he can allow His body to die.

C. Truman Davis

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Tender Stewed Beef, Hangzhou Style

January 24, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Chinese	Chinese, Beef	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

10 1/2	oz	Beef shank
1/3	oz	Ground cassia bark
3 1/2	tb	Sugar
2	ts	Fresh ginger; sliced
5	ts	Soy sauce
2	ts	Scallions; chopped
5	ts	Rice wine
3	tb	Sesame oil

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Remove sinews and tendons from the beef. Blanch for two minutes in
boiling water to cover. Remove, drain and rinse under cold water. Cut into
chunks.
2. Place a bamboo mat in a casserole. Spread the beef chunks on the mat.
Mix together the sugar, soy sauce, rice wine, cassia bark, ginger,
scallions, and all but 1 tsp of the sesame oil and pour over the beef. Add
water to cover and bring to a boi over high heat. Cover, turn the heat to
low and stew for six hours, checking the water level from time to time and
adding more warm water if needed. When the beef is fork-tender, place it in
a serving dish. Boil the sauce over high heat until thickened. Pour over
the beef, sprinkle with the remaining sesame oil and serve.
busted by sooz
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 228 by James and Susan Kirkland
<kirkland@gj.net> on Nov 08, 1997

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