God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
If we take literally the image of hell as fire, it clashes with the other images of hell, for example, hell as darkness, or hell as the wicked being cut to pieces (Mt. 24:51). Rather than giving us literal pictures of the fate of the wicked, God uses dreaded pictures from this world to present the terrible reality of hell in the next world. I stand with the majority of contemporary conservative scholars in understanding the biblical imagery of hell metaphorically rather than literally.
That is God’s plan and purpose – to use Satan’s temptations as a means of testing and strengthening our faith in Him and of our growing stronger in righteousness. God allows testings in our lives in order that our spiritual “muscles” may be exercised and strengthened. Whether the testing is by God’s initiative or is sent by Satan, God will always use it to produce good in us when we meet the test in His power.
First brown the chopped onion in oil in a pan, then add the pieces of lamb.
Pour on the wine and let it evaporate. Add the tomato concentrate dissolved
in hot water, season with salt and pepper and leave to cook for about 20
minutes. Oil a baking tin or dish and line with half of the leavened dough.
Pour the stew over and cover with the other half of the dough, pressing the
edges together with your water-moistened fingers. Prick the pie all over
with a fork and brush with the beaten egg yolk. Bake in a hot oven for
20-30 minutes.
Variation: the dish is prepared on Christmas Eve in Caltanisetta, but there
the dough is stuffed with fillets of fried salt cod in a tomato and onion
sauce. In Messina, on the other hand, the dish is still made on Christmas
Eve, but the filling is made of fried pork sausage, slices of fresh
pecorino cheese, spring onions and black olives.
Recipe by: Sicilian Cookery
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1048 by Lisa Minor <lisa@cybermill.com> on
Jan 27, 1998
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