His birth was common. Men wouldn’t have had a common birth for such a King. But it was celebrated with hallelujahs by the heavenly host in the heavens above. His lodging was poor and men wouldn’t have put Him in a stable but it was attended to by celestial visitants. It was marked by a conflux of stellar bodies. He had not the magnificent equipage of other kings but He was attended by multitudes of patients seeking and obtaining healing of soul and body. He made the dumb that attended Him sing His praises and the lame leap for joy and the deaf to hear His wonders and the blind to see His glory. He had no guard of soldiers, no magnificent retinue of military men, but centurions took orders from Him...and so have millions across the earth. He didn’t control a vast empire of those who did all of His bidding, but the waves and the winds and the storms which no early power can control obeyed Him. And death and the grave durst not refuse to deliver up their prey when He demanded it. He didn’t walk on velvet tapestry but when He walked on the sea the water held Him up. All parts of the creation except sinful men honored Him as their creator. He had no vast incomprehensible treasure of wealth but when He needed His money to pay His taxes, a fish yielded it up out of its mouth. He had no barns and He had no corn fields, but when He wanted to fill the hearts and the stomachs of a multitude, He created the food right out of His own hands. And no monarch in history ever entertained that way. He didn’t have the fantastic group of people sorrowing like other people have on occasions that demanded sorrow on His behalf, but the frame of nature itself solemnized the death of its author, heaven and earth were mourners, the sun was clad in black and if the inhabitants of the earth were unmoved, the earth itself trembled under the awful load. And there were few to pay the Jewish custom of rending their garments at His death, so the rocks took their place and rent their own bowels. He didn't have a grave of His own, but other men’s graves open to Him. He came not as the subject of death, but as the conqueror and invader of its territory and He rose victorious.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables		Gma3	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Yeast
1/2	ts	Sugar
3/4	c	Warm water
2	c	All-purpose flour
1	ds	Salt
2		Tablesppons olive oil or other vegetable
		; oil
1/2		Stick butter; (2 ounces)
2	tb	Ground cinnamon
1/2	c	Sugar; plus an additional
		; 1/4 to 1/2 cup to
		; sweeten the dough
		; (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix the yeast, sugar, and water in a small bowl. Proof the yeast by
letting it stand 5 to 10 minutes until bubbles form. Sift the flour
and salt into a large mixing bowl.
Add the oil and yeast mixture to the dry ingredients. With a wooden
spoon, mix thoroughly until the dough is smooth, or use the world's
best mixer, your hands.
After the dough forms, continue kneading and working it until all the
flour is incorporated and the texture is smooth. Let the dough rest
in an oiled mixing bowl for 20 to 30 minutes. Then punch it down.
Preheat the oven to 375 to 400 degrees. Divide the dough in half.
Roll each half out flat, either into a circle or a square. Spread the
butter over the top of each half. Mix the cinnamon and sugar together
and sprinkle over the butter. Roll each half into a log. Cut the logs
into slices about 1 inch thick and bake them for approximately 12
minutes.
Converted by MC_Buster.
NOTES : from Curtis Cooks with Heart and Soul by Curtis G. Aikens,
Hearst Books, 1995
Recipe by: Good Morning America
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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