We will do much better if we trust someone who was actually dead, not someone who was just near death. Christ, as we shall see, is the only One who is qualified to tell us what we can expect on the other side. He was dead – so dead that His body became cold and was put in a tomb. Three days later He was raised from the dead with a glorified body. Here is someone whose opinion can be trusted. To John this risen Christ said, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and Hades “ (Revelation 1:17-18). Reliable information does not come to us by trying to peer behind the partially open curtain. God alone knows what really lies on the other side of the veil. And that is why we can do no better than study what the Bible has to say about the Great Beyond.

Erwin Lutzer

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Meats		Beans, Rice	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Dried red beans — soaked
		Overnight
1		Meaty ham bone
2	lg	Onions — chopped
1		Bell pepper — chopped
2		Ribs celery — chopped
1/4	c	Parsley — chopped
2		Cloves garlic — finely
		Chopped
		Salt and pepper — to taste
	pn	Sugar
		Bay leaf
2	lb	Sausage links — your
		Choice

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine all except parsley and cook until beans are done. Serve over rice.
Add parsley just before serving. Variation: Omit ham bone and sausage and
use a center slice of ham, cut in small pieces.
Recipe By     : Telephone Pioneers (Bell's Best #2) - Mississippi
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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