IT IS FINISHED 1

DAILY GRACE
MON. 28TH MARCH, 2016
TOPIC: IT IS FINISHED 1
TEXT: JOHN 19: 30

Welcome to a new week. No power of darkness and death will be able to hinder and tie you down from making notable progress this new week in Jesus name.
Literally translated, the word "tetelestai" in Greek means, “It is finished.” The word occurs in John 19:28 and 19:30 and these are the only two places in the New Testament where it occurs. In 19:28 it is translated, “After this, when Jesus knew that all things were now completed, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, he said, ‘I thirst.’” Two verses later, he uttered the word himself: “Then when he received the sour wine Jesus said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed His head and gave up His spirit.”
It is a comprehensive word, and a comfortable one indeed because it brings an end to the struggles of every human race. Let’s examine the implications of the word ‘It Is Finished!’

(1.) Jesus said it is finished to imply that the malice and enmity of His persecutors had now done their worst “This is the last; I am now going out of their reach, where the wicked cease from troubling.”
(2.) It is finished, that is, the counsel and commandment of his Father concerning his sufferings were now fulfilled. You will recall that it was a determinate counsel, and every iota and tittle of it to come to pass (Acts 2:23). He had said, when he entered upon his sufferings, Father, thy will be done; and now he said with pleasure, It is done. (John 4:34)
(3.) It is finished, that is, all the types and prophecies of the Old Testament, which pointed at the sufferings of the Messiah, were accomplished and answered, such as, his being sold for thirty pieces of silver, his hands and feet being pierced, his garments divided, etc.
(4.) It is finished, that is, the ceremonial law-keeping is abolished, and a permanent end is put to the obligation of it and all the shadows are done away. Just now the veil is rent, the wall of partition is taken down. ( Eph. 2:14, 15).
(5.) It is finished, that is, sin and self is finished, and an end made of transgression by the bringing in of an everlasting righteousness (Dan. 9:24). The Lamb of God was sacrificed to take away the sins of the whole world, and it is done (Heb. 9:26).
                               
To be continued……..
Personal Confession: Father, because it is finished, I break down every middle wall of separation and partition between me and my destiny in Jesus name.
                          
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