YESHUA SAID IT IS FINISHED! Having identified the it (the work God the Father had given God the Son to accomplish on earth), lets take a look at what Jesus meant when he cried out that He had finished the work. As I mentioned early in this article, having an understanding of the structure of the sentence in the Greek text is very helpful toward grasping the full weight of Christs forever-memorable words. What Jesus did through His perfect earthly existence, sacrificial death, and glorious resurrection fully completed the work the Father had given Him to do. Not only did He complete His salvific work, but His accomplishment is fully efficacious, today and will be forevermore. There is nothing more to add--nothing more to be done by God, man, or religious institutions. The undeniable, factual, historic, and eternal work of Jesus Christ has been completed--is complete--and will forever remain completed. IT...IS...FINISHED! It is finished! Jesus finished the work given to Him by His Father, which culminated at the cross. At the cross, the gavel of the Supreme Judge of the Universe crashed upon His mighty bench when God the Father, pleased to crush His Son, poured the full cup of His wrath against sin upon His innocent Son. It is finished! At the cross, the Great Exchange took place (2 Corinthians 5:21; Colossians 2:13-15). The eternal debt owed for the sin of mankind was paid in full. God the Father looked upon His perfect, precious, and priceless Son as if He had lived the filthy, detestable, sin-stained lives of fallen mankind. And, for those who repent and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, God the Father looks upon them as if they had lived His Sons perfect, precious, and priceless life. It is finished! At the cross, God kept His promise to crush Satans head through the bruising of His Son. The power of sin and death was vanquished once and for all time. It is finished! Jesus Christs finished work on the cross forever made mans work to appease God, to please God, and to be reconciled to God, impotent and blasphemous. The sin debt I owe to God was and is paid in full by my Lord and Savior, my Master and King, Jesus Christ, when He shed His innocent blood on the cross on my behalf! IT...IS...FINISHED
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 06:30:10 +0000
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