Jesus: From Start to Finished
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1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
He is Risen 2018
Jesus: From Start to Finished
Jesus: From Up to Down
Let’s light the fire. Let’s fan the flames. Let’s allow Christ to burn bright in our lives
(1) Jesus: The Start
(1) Jesus: The Start
American Idol - my mom traded me for a car, my dad left when I was three. I never knew my dad until I was 16. The police showed up at my door with a social worker and a one week old baby - my sister’s.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
Hebrews 2
6 Eternal Truths Concerning Jesus
6 Eternal Truths Concerning Jesus
(1.1) Abraham, Isaac, and the Ram
And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.
Genesis
(1.2) The Passover, the lamb, and the blood
(1.2) The Passover, the lamb, and the blood
“Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
(1.3) The lamb and the goat and the priest
(1.3) The lamb and the goat and the priest
7 Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel.
21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins. And he shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness. 22 The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.
Leviticus 16:
Abrahan and Isaac and the goat
(1.4) Job and his Redeemer
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
(1.4) Job and his Redeemer
(1.5) Zechariah and the one they have pierced
10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
(1.5) Zechariah and the one they have pierced
(1.6) John and the lamb who takes away the sin of the world
(1.6) John and the lamb who takes away the sin of the world
We live in a messed up world. So many things unfinished.
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
We live in a messed up world. So many things unfinished.
We live in a messed up world. So many things unfinished.
American Idol - my dad was murdered when I was 5, my mom traded me for a car, my dad left when I was three. I never knew my dad until I was 16. The police showed up at my door with a social worker and a one week old baby - my sister’s.
(2) Jesus: It is Finished
(2) Jesus: It is Finished
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
(2.1) It is finished and will continue to be finished
(2.1) It is finished and will continue to be finished
http://www.ciu.edu/content/it-finished-look-greek - Columbia University
the Greek word used is “tetelestai” which means to bring to a close, to complete, to fulfill.2
1) to bring to a close, to finish, to end 1a) passed, finished 2) to perform, execute, complete, fulfill, (so that the thing done corresponds to what has been said, the order, command etc.) 2a) with special reference to the subject matter, to carry out the contents of a command 2b) with reference also to the form, to do just as commanded, and generally involving the notion of time, to perform the last act which completes a process, to accomplish, fulfill 3) to pay 3a) of tribute” Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
What makes this exclamation truly unique however, is the Greek tense that Jesus used. (Verb tenses are the most important and most communicative part of the Greek language.3 This also is sometimes necessarily lost in translation.) Jesus speaks in the perfect tense, which is very rare in the New Testament and has no English equivalent.4 The perfect tense is a combination of two Greek tenses: the Present tense, and the Aorist tense. The Aorist tense is punctiliar: meaning something that happens at a specific point in time; a moment. The Present tense is linear: meaning something that continues on into the future and has ongoing results/implications.
The combination of these two tenses in the perfect tense as used in is of overwhelming significance to the Christian. When Jesus says “It is finished” (or completed) what he is actually saying is “It is finished and will continue to be finished”.
The first element of the perfect tense: the Aorist, punctiliar, point in time statement “It is finished” is powerful. Mathew Henry captures all that is finished at that exact moment: “It is finished; that is, the counsels of the Father concerning his sufferings were now fulfilled. It is finished; all the types and prophecies of the Old Testament, which pointed at the sufferings of the Messiah, were accomplished. It is finished; the ceremonial law is abolished; the substance is now come, and all the shadows are done away. It is finished; an end is made of transgression by bringing in an everlasting righteousness. His sufferings were now finished, both those of his soul, and those of his body. It is finished; the work of man's redemption and salvation is now completed.” This is overwhelming in and of itself.
But there's more! The Aorist tense is only half of the perfect tense! The second element of Jesus' statement is the equally important: the Present, ongoing, linear “and will continue to be finished” component of the perfect tense. This indicates the ongoing nature of our salvation. This is so important because it indicates a condition, a state of being, a resting place.
But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
(2.2) He sat down
(2.2) He sat down
But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
It’s for all time, it’s a single sacrifice, He’s in control, He’s waiting for you to come and surrender before Him.
It’s for all time, it’s a single sacrifice, He’s in control, He’s waiting for you to come and surrender before Him.
It’s for all time, it’s a single sacrifice, He’s in control, He’s waiting for you to come and surrender before Him.
What makes this exclamation truly unique however, is the Greek tense that Jesus used. (Verb tenses are the most important and most communicative part of the Greek language.3 This also is sometimes necessarily lost in translation.) Jesus speaks in the perfect tense, which is very rare in the New Testament and has no English equivalent.4 The perfect tense is a combination of two Greek tenses: the Present tense, and the Aorist tense. The Aorist tense is punctiliar: meaning something that happens at a specific point in time; a moment. The Present tense is linear: meaning something that continues on into the future and has ongoing results/implications.
The combination of these two tenses in the perfect tense as used in John 19:30 is of overwhelming significance to the Christian. When Jesus says “It is finished” (or completed) what he is actually saying is “It is finished and will continue to be finished”.
The first element of the perfect tense: the Aorist, punctiliar, point in time statement “It is finished” is powerful. Mathew Henry captures all that is finished at that exact moment: “It is finished; that is, the counsels of the Father concerning his sufferings were now fulfilled. It is finished; all the types and prophecies of the Old Testament, which pointed at the sufferings of the Messiah, were accomplished. It is finished; the ceremonial law is abolished; the substance is now come, and all the shadows are done away. It is finished; an end is made of transgression by bringing in an everlasting righteousness. His sufferings were now finished, both those of his soul, and those of his body. It is finished; the work of man's redemption and salvation is now completed.” This is overwhelming in and of itself.
But there's more! The Aorist tense is only half of the perfect tense! The second element of Jesus' statement is the equally important: the Present, ongoing, linear “and will continue to be finished” component of the perfect tense. This indicates the ongoing nature of our salvation. This is so important because it indicates a condition, a state of being, a resting place.
