“FINISHED!” MEANS FINISHED

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. – John 19:30

Mat 27:50 makes us to understand that Jesus didn’t just say, It is finished, He actually cried it out “with a loud voice”. It was the very last thing He declared before He gave up the ghost. Furthermore, in the Greek, what He declared was just one word: FINISHED!

“TELEO” (from ‘telos’) means “to end, to complete, conclude, or discharge (a debt). It means to accomplish, make an end, expire, finish.

“Telos” was also a commercial idiom in those days that meant “the debt has been PAID IN FULL.”

Therefore, this, the very last of the last words of Christ on the Cross, gives us an emphatic statement of the paradigm of the New Testament. Everything is paid for in full and FINISHED.

Jesus Christ satisfied every requirement of God on your behalf. There is no miracle you need that you do not qualify for. There is no mercy you ask for that requires additional sacrifice or penitence. God is not ‘thinking twice’ about your case.

“It is finished!” means exactly that. You don’t need to bring any other thing to the table. Other religions and cults say you must add something else: an offering, a pilgrimage, a sacrifice, some penitence, etc. But “finished” means finished.

As you read the last paragraph, you most likely assumed I was referring to the salvation experience. However, are we not guilty of applying these same rules with respect to ‘lesser’ miracles? Like breakthroughs, healing, financial turnarounds, marital settlement, etc.?

* When we tell an aging spinster to “sow a seed that will provoke Heaven so that she’ll marry this year”, we’re implying that it’s not finished.

* When we tell a Born Again Believer that some ancestral curses are still hanging in their lives, we’re implying that it’s not finished.

* When we imply that the anointing can only be attained at great personal cost, we’re implying that it’s not finished.

Let us please show reverence to what Jesus did for us at the Cross.

Do you have a current challenge? Fear not, Beloved, only believe! It is finished!

AMEN.

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

GREG ELKAN