What does it mean "It Is Finished"
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30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
1. This statement is explained by Jesus.
17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
A. Nothing could pass from the law, even till the end of the earth, not even the smallest of matters as referred to by Jesus as “jot and tittle” until all was fulfilled.
1. The Law of Moses would have lasted till the end of the earth, if it had not been fulfilled.
2. When Jesus said “It is finished,” He was indicating that He had fulfilled the Law and it was time for it to “vanish away.”
13 In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
B. Jesus fulfilled the law of Moses when He finished the work which was given Him to do by the Father.
4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
1. This included His dying on the cross.
A. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus said.
39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
B. This showed that it was not Jesus’ will to die upon the cross.
C. The statement of Jesus...
Matthew 26:39b (NKJV)
39b let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
1. This statement proved emphatically that it was the will of the Father that Jesus die on the cross, which would be the last act that He had to accomplish to finish the work that the Father had given Him.
2. After Jesus made the statement “it is finished.” He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
C. This marked the end of the Law of Moses, because it was finished or fulfilled.
14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
A. Two things died on the cross—Jesus and the Law of Moses.