Unbeknownst to the people of Moses’ day (it was a ‘mystery’), marriage was designed by God from the beginning to be a picture or parable of the relationship between Christ and the church. Back when God was planning what marriage would be like, He planned it for this great purpose: it would give a beautiful earthly picture of the relationship that would someday come about between Christ and His church. This was not known to people for many generations, and that is why Paul can call it a ‘mystery.’ But now in the New Testament age Paul reveals this mystery, and it is amazing. This means that when Paul wanted to tell the Ephesians about marriage, he did not just hunt around for a helpful analogy and suddenly think that “Christ and the church” might be a good teaching illustration. No, it was much more fundamental than that: Paul saw that when God designed the original marriage, He already had Christ and the church in mind. This is one of God’s great purposes in marriage: to picture the relationship between Christ and His redeemed people forever! (George Knight)

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs	Arab		5	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	md	Eggplant
1/4	c	Lemon juice
1/4	c	Tahini; (sesame paste)
2		Cloves garlic
2	ts	Salt; or to taste
1	tb	Olive oil
1/4	c	Finely chopped parsley

INSTRUCTIONS

Place eggplant on center shelf in hot oven. Cook until soft, turning often.
Peel off skin while hot. Remove stem and end of eggplant, if firm. Chop
flesh. Put in blender or food processor. Puree. Blend in most of the lemon
juice. Gradually add tahini. Crush garlic into a paste with 1 teaspoon
salt. Add to eggplant. Beat well. Adjust flavor with lemon juice and
remaining salt. Beat in olive oil and parsley. If using food processor, put
about 4 sprigs of parsley into container. Process until chopped, but still
visible.
NOTES : If making ahead, store in a sealed container in refrigerator. Bring
to room temperature before serving.  Place in shallow dish.  Garnish with
parsley.  Serve with Arab bread as an appetizer. _____
Per serving: 46 Calories; 3g Fat (60% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 4g
Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 91mg Sodium
Recipe by: Kitchens of Eastern Arabia/Suzan Al Gahtani
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #971 by Dianne Weinsaft <dee@ncsi.net> on Dec
25, 1997

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