“When Jesus
therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his
head, and gave up the ghost.” (v.30)
Those
who witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus saw His hours of agony and heard Him cry
out in a loud voice, “It is finished!” as He gave up His spirit (John 19:30).
His final words from the cross were not a cry of painful defeat but of triumph,
because He had accomplished all that the Father sent Him to do. In that deep darkness when God hid His face and could not look upon His Son, the rocks split, the veil ripped and the graves were opened (Matthew 27:51-52) and His work of salvation was complete.
Jesus died that we might live, He suffered that we might rejoice, He took our condemnation that we might have justification. His finished sacrificial work on the cross brought the gift of salvation to all. But His free gift must be accepted. One must believe in His death, burial and
Jesus died that we might live, He suffered that we might rejoice, He took our condemnation that we might have justification. His finished sacrificial work on the cross brought the gift of salvation to all. But His free gift must be accepted. One must believe in His death, burial and
The
Truth: He said to
me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of
life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God
and they will be my children. But the
cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those
who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--they will be consigned to
the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." (Revelation
21:6-8)
