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

What Exactly was “Finished” at the Cross?

WHAT Did Jesus Fulfill?

What Did Jesus Finish?

What did the Son of God Accomplish by Dying for Our Sins on that Cross?

Much Divine Truth is Locked Up in This

On the cross Jesus declared “It is finished” but what is it that was “finished”? (John 19:30) Let’s peer a bit into this ultimate truth…

“It is finished” in John 19:30:

“Finished”
Strong’s Concordance

teleó: to bring to an end, complete, fulfill
Original Word: τελέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: teleó G5055
Phonetic Spelling: (tel-eh’-o)
Short Definition: I end, accomplish, pay
Definition: (a) I end, finish, (b) I fulfill, accomplish, (c) I pay.

G5056 télos (a neuter noun) – properly, consummation (the end-goal, purpose), such as closure with all its results.

[This root (tel-) means “reaching the end (aim).” It is well-illustrated with the old pirate’s telescope, unfolding (extending out) one stage at a time to function at full-strength (capacity effectiveness).]

Let’s read it now: Matthew 5:17-18 …

BEFORE He died on the cross Jesus says:

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to FULFIL (expire; abolish). 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be FULFILLED.” Matthew 5:17-18

Here in this passage, the recorded words of the Messiah, the words “fulfil” and “fulfilled” here mean “to expire” – do away with by fulfilling!

“Fulfil” in Matthew 5:17:
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance

Greek word: pleres
“accomplish, complete, fulfill
From pleres; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc. — accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply (the solution).”

Now, there is a unique/different Greek word for “fulfilled” in verse 18 of this passage:

“The law… fulfilled.” in Matthew 5:18:
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance

Greek: ginomai
be brought to pass, happen
A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (“gen”-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) — arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.

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Are you gaining a picture here?

Either Jesus 100% merited the salvation you have or you do not have salvation (John 19:30; Romans 4:4-5; Ephesians 2:8-9).

Only Jesus could have satisfied the claims of the Father’s justice to redeem, to forgiven men – and He did just that – when He shed His perfect, precious, sinless blood on Calvary’s cruel cross for our sins. “It is finished” means the price to bring us back to God, to forgive us, is now “Paid in full.” (John 19:30)

ALL “BY HIMSELF” – Jesus needed no help: He alone was sufficient to propitiate, expiate, atone for the sins of mankind.

“Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had BY HIMSELF purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;” Hebrews 1:3

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The claims of the Father’s justice to redeem fallen mankind were perfectly satisfied – fulfilled, finished, complete – when Christ shed His precious, sinless blood on that cross!

Are you denying Christ and don’t realize it – by saying you can personally keep the law while despising His perfect sacrifice as He nailed the law to the cross and took it out of the way in His death? (Colossians 2:14-19)

IF you still think you have to keep the law to be justified by God, you have openly denied Christ’s perfect sacrifice! (John 19:30; Romans 10:4; Galatians 2:16) Just what can you add to the perfect sacrifice of Jesus on the cross?

Timothy Zango writes: “The penalty is paid and the demands of the law is fulfill thereby giving birth to the New Life In Christ and the sanctification of Christ’s saints! Praise be to God for His Word of restoration.” 

This revelation in the above words of the Messiah is consistent with the whole unveiling of Holy Scripture. Jesus came to do something and that’s why while dying on the cross for the sins of the world, He declared “It is finished.” (John 19:30)

IS IT “FINISHED” OR DID THE LORD ALMIGHTY LIE TO US? (JOHN 19:30) DID OR DID NOT THE SON OF GOD ACCOMPLISH SALVATION PERFECTLY BY OFFERING HIS SINLESS, INNOCENT, PERFECT BLOOD ON THE ALTAR OF THE CROSS? THIS IS SOMETHING EACH ONE OF US MUST ANSWER.

What Exactly “is finished”?

• The work of redemption (Matthew 26:28)
•  The Mosaic covenant with it’s priesthood, temple and sacrifices (Romans 10:4; 2 Corinthians 3; Colossians 2:14-19; Hebrews 8)
• The curse of the law (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:13-14)
• Sin (in the sense that it was all placed upon Christ – past, present and future) (Romans 6:14; Hebrews 8:10-12; 9:12-14, etc.)
• The prophecies and types concerning the Messiah’s death (Luke 24:44; Romans 15:4)
  · The old fallen creation (which was placed ‘in Christ’). God’s purposes are now centered on a ‘new creation’ in Christ.
• Satan’s dominion and hold over man (John 12:31; 16:11; Hebrews 2:14-15; 1 John 3:8)
• Jews and Gentiles: In Christ we are one body (John 10:16; Ephesians 2)

The whole counsel – testimony of Scripture – reveals that Jesus came to the earth to and did accomplish perfect salvation by perfectly fulfilling the law and the did away with it which “was against us” (Colossians 2:14) – took away, abolished, and nailed to His cross the law (Colossians 2:14-17; 2 Corinthians 3:11).

“For if that which is DONE AWAY (abolished) was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. … And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of THAT WHICH IS ABOLISHED.” 2 Corinthians 3:11, 13

Read 2 Corinthians 3 and Hebrews 8.

It has been wisely stated that “If you’re flirting with Moses, you’re cheating on Jesus.”

Have you memorized John 1:17 ?

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” John 1:17

If the previous, old covenant was sufficient why did God replace it with the New Covenant? Read Hebrews 8 and discover which of the 2 covenant is the “better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” (Hebrews 8:6)

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