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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

He that dies without love to Christ could never be happy in that heaven where Christ is all, and in all.
J.C. Ryle

    • Chive and Black Pepper Corn Bread

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    Dairy, Eggs Breads 9 Squares

    INGREDIENTS

    3/4 c Yellow cornmeal
    3/4 c All purpose flour
    1 tb Sugar
    1 1/2 ts Cream of tartar
    3/4 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Coarsely ground pepper
    1/2 ts Salt
    1 c Sour cream
    1/4 c Snipped fresh chives
    3 tb Unsalted butter, melted
    2 tb Milk
    1 Egg, beaten to blend

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Preheat oven to 425°F.  Butter 8 inch square baking dish. Mix first 7
ingredients in large bowl.  Whisk remaining ingredients in another bowl to
blend.  Make well in center of dry ingredients. Add sour cream mixture and
stir just until blended.  Spoon batter into prepared dish. Bake until
cornbread is golden brown and begins to pull away from sides of pan, about
20 minutes. Cool slightly.  Cut into squares.  Serve warm or at room
temperature.  Yield: 9 squares  Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@msn.com
Source: Bon Appetit July 1988
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by "Cindy Hartlin" <cjhartlin@email.msn.com>
on Feb 20, 1998

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