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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

No proof of the fulness of sin, after all, is so overwhelming and unanswerable as the cross and passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the whole doctrine of His substitution and atonement. Terribly black must that guilt be for which nothing but the blood of the Son of God could make satisfaction.
J.C. Ryle

Alices’s Overnight Salad

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Grains, Dairy 1 Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 Head lettuce, torn
1 Sliced water chestnuts
drained
1 Onion, chopped
1 Frozen peas, unthawed
1 pt Mayonnaise
2 t Sugar
1 t Salt
1 t Pepper
3/4 lb Shredded mozarella cheese
12 oz
1/2 c Grated Parmesan cheese.
1/2 c Real bacon bits
2 Fresh tomatoes, cut into
chunks

INSTRUCTIONS

Alice Robertson, my next door neighbor, gave me this recipe in 1977
when we bought this house right next door to them. We immediately
"took" to each other and we're now closer than sisters.  Layer 2: Mix
together and spread over layer 1, being sure you touch  the sides of
the bowl to "seal" it.  Layer 3: Sprinkle over layer 2.  Cover with
saran wrap and refrigerate overnight.  LAYER 4: Just before serving,
add the following to the top of layer 3.  To serve: Do not toss. Dig to
the bottom to serve some of each of the  four layers.  This makes a
lot, and is great for a make-ahead salad. It looks really  pretty in a
clear salad bowl so all the layers show through. This was  one of my
late mother-in-law's favorites.  Posted to EAT-L Digest  by "Sharon H.
Frye" <shfrye@PEN.K12.VA.US> on  Jan 16, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“All suffering can be traced back to people disobeying God”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 2109
Calories From Fat: 1411
Total Fat: 159.8g
Cholesterol: 122.2mg
Sodium: 7040.1mg
Potassium: 1907.5mg
Carbohydrates: 171.2g
Fiber: 17.5g
Sugar: 57.8g
Protein: 19.1g


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