It is Finished

 “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”

‭‭John‬ ‭19:30‬ ‭KJV‬‬

When Jesus had taken the vinegar He said, “It is finished!”  He then bowed His head and handed over the spirit.  The Greek word ‘tetelestai’ communicates the final consummation of all things; everything is now concluded!  Nothing that happens in time could possibly intercept this act of God’s redemptive genius.  The only possible way we can delay the glory that follows the Cross is by underestimating what happened there when Jesus cried: “It is finished”, and died.  There is no eschatology of anyone’s guess or definition that carries more weight than God’s ‘eschatos’ (final) word that He spoke to us in Sonship - in the One Who bears the very stamp of His nature and radiates the Father’s Being.  We can make Jesus’s word on the Cross, “It is finished” our complete and final focus - an ocean of meaning in a drop of language!  Let’s believe in the finished work of the Cross!  Amen!