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
Meats		Low-cal, Chicken, Main dish	2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Zucchini, cut in 1/4" slices
		Sm Tomato, cut in thin wedge
2	tb	Snipped Parsley
1/8	ts	Garlic powder
1	ts	Margarine
		Small Onion *
2	tb	Sliced pitted ripe Olives
1	tb	Snipped fresh Basil **
2	x	Med Chicken Breast hlves ***

INSTRUCTIONS

*   thinly sliced and separated into rings
**   or 1 t dried basil, crushed
***  2 med (6 oz total) boned skinless chicken breast halves
Halve large slices of zucchini. In a large bowl stir together zucchini,
onion, tomato, olives, parsley, basil, and garlic powder. Divide evenly
between 2 individual casseroles or au gratin dishes. Top with a chicken
breast half. Dot with margarine. Sprinkle chicken breast halves with 1/8 t
salt and 1/8 t pepper.
Bake, covered, in a 350 deg F. oven about 40 minutes or till chicken is
no longer pink.
Per serving: 200 calories, 28 g protein, 7 g carbohydrates, 6 g fat, 72 mg
cholesterol, 295 mg sodium, 635 mg potassium.
Culled from Better Homes & Gardens "Diet Recipe Card Library".
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmlofat2.zip

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