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Jesus is quickly thrown backwards with His shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square, wrought-iron nail through the wrist and deep into the wood. Quickly, he moves to the other side and repeats the action, being careful not to pull the arms too tightly but to allow some flexion and movement. The patibulum is then lifted in place at the top of the stipes [the vertical beam].... The left foot is pressed backward against the right foot, and with both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each, leaving the knees moderately flexed. The Victim is now crucified as He slowly sags down with more weight on the nails in the wrists, excruciating, fiery pain shoots along the fingers and up the arms to explode in the brain – the nails in the wrists are putting pressure on the median nerves As He pushes Himself upward to avoid this stretching torment, He places His full weight on the nail through His feet. Again there is the searing agony of the nail tearing through the nerves between the metatarsal bones of the feet. At this point, another phenomenon occurs. As the arms fatigue, great waves of cramps sweep over the muscles, knotting them in deep, relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the inability to push Himself upward... Air can be drawn into the lungs, but cannot be exhaled. Jesus fights to raise Himself in order to get even one small breath. Finally carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs and in the blood stream and the cramps partially subside. Spasmodically He is able to push Himself upward to exhale and bring in the life-giving oxygen... Hours of this limitless pain, cycles of twisting, joint-rending cramps, intermit tent partial asphyxiation, searing pain as tissue is torn from His lacerated back as He moves up and down against the rough timber: Then another agony begins. A deep crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with serum and begins to compress the heart... It is now almost over – the loss of tissue fluids has reached a critical level – the compressed heart is struggling to pump heavy, thick, sluggish blood into the tissues – the tortured lungs are making a frantic effort to gasp in small gulps of air... The body of Jesus is now in extremis and He can feel the chill of death creeping through His tissues... His mission of atonement has been completed. Finally he can allow His body to die.
C. Truman Davis

My dear children, never did I pass a more truly solemn or interesting moment than that in which my firstborn child was put into my arms and when I felt that I was a father. A new comfort was then produced in my heart which every succeeding day has tended to confirm and strengthen. I looked up to heaven and breathed over my baby the petition of Abraham for his son. “O that Ishmael might live before You.” Recognizing in the little helpless being which had been so lately introduced into our world, there was a creature born for eternity and who when the sun shall be extinguished would be still soaring in heaven or sinking in hell. I returned to my closet for private devotion and solemnly dedicated the child to the God who had given me the precious life. And I earnestly prayed that whatever might be his lot in this world, he might be a partaker of true holiness and numbered with the saints in everlasting glory.
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Blueberry Peach Nectarine Crumble

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Lifetime tv, Life1 4 servings

INGREDIENTS

4 Ripe nectarines; pitted and sliced
; 1/2-inch thick
4 Ripe peaches; pitted and sliced
; 1/2-inch thick
1 pt Ripe blueberries
1 Lemon; juice of
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Ground nutmeg
1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/2 c Firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 Stick unsalted butter; chilled and cut
; into small pieces
1/4 c Quick-cooking oats

INSTRUCTIONS

INGREDIENTS FOR FRUIT FILLIN
INGREDIENTS FOR CRUMBLE TOPP
How to Prepare the Fruit:
1. Preheat the oven to 375 F.
2. Arrange the fruit in a buttered baking dish. Toss the fruit with
the lemon juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
How to Prepare the Crumble:
1. In a small bowl, combine the flour and brown sugar.
2. With your fingers, blend the butter into the flour/sugar mixture
until it resembles a coarse meal.
3. Stir in the oats and sprinkle on top of the fruit.
4. Bake until the fruit is soft and the topping is brown, about 20-30
minutes.
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Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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