In Christ, Moses reaches maturity and emerges in full bloom. Moses’ law still has relevance, but only as it comes to us from the hands of the Lord Jesus. Christians today must still read Moses, and for great profit, but when they read him they must be careful to wear their Christian lenses. Moses’ law is not simply incorporated into the New Covenant as it was revealed through Moses – it is fulfilled, advanced, and brought to completion.

Fred Zaspel

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Eggs, Grains		Salads, Vegetables, Appetizers	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lg	Oval eggplants (12 oz each)
		Salt
1/2	c	Oil
2	c	Drained yogurt
2		Garlic cloves; crushed
		Salt
		Freshly ground black pepper
		Chopped walnuts, optional (to garnish)

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut eggplants in half lengthwise, then slice 5 mm (1/4 inch) thick. Spinkle
slices liberally with salt (stack if necessary) and leave for 30 minutes.
Rinse and dry with paper towels. Heat half the oil in a large frying pan
and fry eggplant until golden brown on each side. Drain on paper towels.
Add more oil to pan as required. Blend yoghurt with salt to taste and the
crushed garlic. Place a layer of cooled eggplant in serving dish,
overlapping slices a little.  Season with pepper and spread some yogurt on
top.  Repeat, finishing with a layer of yoghurt. Cover and chill. Serve
garnished with chopped walnuts if desired.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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It is not uncommon for Christians to claim that the saints of the Old Testament period experienced God’s Spirit in a fundamentally different manner from that of New Testament believers or modern Christians. Many have relied on specific idioms of the Old Testament to argue that the Holy Spirit only came upon people in the Old Testament but into people in the New Testament. Thus, the Holy Spirit was only bestowed temporarily, and then externally, to Old Testament believers as opposed to the permanent indwelling of the early church. Such preaching and teaching drives a wedge between the Testaments, placing too much emphasis on disunity rather than on mutual interdependence between the Old and New. This is an inadequate and incomplete understanding of the role of the Spirit in the Old Testament. Though the Spirit of God sometimes comes upon individuals in the Old Testament to empower for specific (and temporary) tasks, there can be no doubt that His role is also more extensive. He has an indwelling and transforming presence in the Old Testament believers as well and is described as the animating feature that effects spiritual renewal.

Bill Arnold