Good Friday - ‘It is finished’

What is finished?

What is finished?

Not Jesus.  

He doesn’t say ‘I am finished.’ These are not words of defeat.

He says ‘It is finished.’

He doesn’t say ‘God is finished.’ These are not words of frustration. 

He says ‘It is finished.’

He doesn’t say ‘You are finished.’ These are not words of anger.

He says ‘It is finished.’ These are words of completion. 

These are words uttered when the job is done. 

‘It is finished’. Words of satisfaction. 

‘It is finished’. Decisive. Determined. 

What is finished? The Old Covenant.

What is finished? The Devil.

What is finished? The Law

He says ‘It is finished’.  Complete. Done. 

So maybe now we ask the one who finished it 

what is begun?

What is started? What is new? What begins?

For he is the creator, he brings life with his words...

so listen for him saying...

‘It is started’ for God is not finished.  Rather he has begun something new with us, for us, about us. 

As Easter dawns, as the tomb is opened, as the hosannas ring 

let us watch for what is about to begin...