'It
is finished' (30). These are not words of despair. They are words of
triumph. At an early stage in His public ministry, Jesus said, 'My food
is to do the will of Him who sent Me to finish His work' (4:34). Even
then, He was looking ahead to the Cross, to the completion of the work
of redemption. In one sense, 'it is finished' - on the Cross. In another
sense, there is more to be done - by the Father. The Cross is followed
by the resurrection - 'God raised Him from the dead' (Acts 2:24; Romans
10:9). To come to the words, 'It is finished' is not to reach the end of
the story. Jesus was laid in the tomb (42). Still, this was not the end
of the story. Something else had to happen - 'Jesus had to rise from
the dead' (11). For our salvation, Jesus died 'and was raised to life'
(Romans 4:25).
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