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RESURRECTION COOKIES
   
by Beth Sparkman
Try to do as a family the Saturday night
before Easter Sunday. Read the whole recipe before beginning
Ingredients:
1 cup whole pecans
3 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vinegar
pinch salt
You need: Wooden spoon, Bible, Zipper Baggie, Tape
I. Preheat Oven to 300 degrees.
II. Place pecans in zipper baggie and let children beat them with the
wooden spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was
arrested, He was beaten by the Roman soldiers. Read John 19: 1-3, "
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a
crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And
said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands."
III. Let the children taste the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. into mixing
bowl. Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross, He was given vinegar to
drink. Read John 19:28-30, "After this, Jesus knowing that all things were
now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now
there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar,
and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had
received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave
up the ghost."
IV. Add egg whites to the vinegar. Eggs represent life. Explain
that Jesus gave His life to give us life. Read John 10:10-11, "The
thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that
they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good
shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep."
V. Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand. Let them taste it
and brush the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty
tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin. Read
Luke 23:27, "And there followed him a great company of people, and of
women, which also bewailed and lamented him."
VI. Add 1 cup sugar. Explain that so far the ingredients are not very
appetizing, but that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because
He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him. Read Psalm 34:8,
"O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in
him." John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life."
VII. Beat with mixer on high speed for 11 - 15 minutes until stiff peaks
are formed. Explain that the color white represents the purity in God's
eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus. Read Isaiah 1:18,
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be
as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool."
John 3:1-3, "There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of
the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know
that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that
thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom
of God."
VIII. Fold in broken nuts. Drop by tsp. onto waxed paper-covered
cookie sheet. Explain each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was
laid.
IX. Put cookie sheet in oven. Close the door and turn the oven
OFF. Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door. Explain
that Jesus' tomb was sealed. Read Matthew 27:65-66, "Pilate said unto
them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and
made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch."
X. Put the children to bed. Explain that they may feel sad to leave the
cookies in the oven overnight; Jesus' followers were in despair when the tomb
was sealed. Read John 16:20, 22, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, That
ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be
sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. And ye now therefore have
sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no
man taketh from you."
XI. On Resurrection morning, open the
oven and give everyone a cookie! Notice the cracked surface and take a
bite. The cookies are hollow! On the first Resurrection Day, Jesus'
followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty. Read Matthew 28:1-9,
"In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the
week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold,
there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven,
and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His
countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of
him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered and
said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was
crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place
where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from
the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him:
lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and
great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. And as they went to tell his
disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him
by the feet, and worshipped him."
HE HAS RISEN! HALLELUJAH!
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