Jesus came into the world for one purpose - to save the world. So when He uttered those words, it was not a cry of despair or relief, but a cry of victory!
Earlier in His ministry He said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work." John 4:34. Later He was to declare "I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do." John 17:4
"It is finished" is an accounting term - "Fully paid" - The debt completely wiped off and forever. He took the curse of sin upon Himself and paid the price.
"Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God" Hebrews 10:11-12
The old covenant was finished.
"Finished all the types and shadows
Of ceremonial law,
Finished all that God had promised,
Death and hell no more shall awe.
It is finished! It is finished!
Saints from hence your comfort draw. Jonathan Evans.
Wonder of wonders! on the cross He dies!
Man of the ages, David's mighty Son,
The Eternal Word who spake and it was done,
What time, of old, He formed the earth and skies.
Abashed be all the wisdom of the wise!
Let the wide earth through all her kingdom know
The promise of the Lamb of God, whose blood should flow -
For human guilt the ground sole sacrifice.
No more need altar smoke, nor victim bleed:
'Tis finished! the great mystery of love,
Ye sin condemned, by this blood, 'tis decreed.
Ye stand absolved; behold the curse removed!
O Christ! Thy deadly wounds, Thy mortal strife
Crushed death and hell and give immortal life.
'Tis finished all: the veil is rent,
The welcome sure, the access free:
Now then we leave our banishment,
O Father, to return to Thee. Horatius Bonar.
Praise the Lord! It is finished! Redemption complete! Now it is up to each individual to accept the salvation offered to us.
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