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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

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

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Cod Steaks With Tomato Sauce

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Burt, Wolf	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Cod steaks, about 8 ounces
		each
2		White bread, crusts removed
1	c	Grated Jarlsberg cheese
2	T	Melted butter
		Salt and freshly ground
		black pepper
2	c	Your favorite tomato sauce

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 400Ã¸ F. Place the cod steaks on a baking sheet.
In a food processor crumb the bread. Transfer the crumbs to a mixing
bowl, combine them with the Jarlsberg and the melted butter and  season
with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon some of this mixture over  the cod
steaks and bake for 15 minutes or until the tops are golden  and the
fish is cooked through.  In a small saucepan over low heat, heat the
tomato sauce. To serve,  spoon some sauce on each dinner plate and
place the cod steak over  the sauce.  Converted by MC_Buster.  Per
serving: 337 Calories (kcal); 25g Total Fat; (65% calories from  fat);
4g Protein; 25g Carbohydrate; 63mg Cholesterol; 503mg Sodium  Food
Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0  Fruit; 5
Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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“Give God what’s right — not what’s left.”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1343 Calories From Fat: 228 Total Fat: 26.1g Cholesterol: 61.1mg Sodium: 300.2mg Potassium: 351.9mg Carbohydrates: 239g Fiber: 8.6g Sugar: <1g Protein: 32.6g