'WWN 2002 Mar -- XXXV - 3(02) -- "The Judgment Was Set" - Continued…
Supplementary (For Further Thought) --
'The Final Words of Christ --
'Only in the Gospel of John, do we find recorded the words of Jesus, "It is finished" (19:30).
The synoptic gospels all note that Jesus cried with "a loud voice" just before His final
breath. (Matt. 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46)
Luke also indicates that after the cry with a loud voice, He prayed, "Father into thy hands I commend my spirit," and died.
John does not record that Jesus cried with "a loud voice."
Are we, therefore, left with the conclusion that the words uttered when Jesus cried with a loud
voice were, "It is finished"?
The gospel of John written near the end of the first century does fill some gaps which are not covered in the Synoptics written decades earlier. For example, in the Synoptics all the writers tell of the "Last Supper." John, while writing about that Passover Supper, does not mention what is called the Communion Service, but rather a service connected with it, which the others had omitted - the ordinance of feet washing (John 13:3-17).
Are we, therefore again, left to draw the conclusion that the Holy Spirit considered what Jesus said with "a loud voice" of such importance that He had John record the words rather than just stating, "He cried with a loud voice"?
If these conclusions be correct, then there is an importance to what Jesus uttered with a "loud
voice" when He cried, "It is finished," which we need to consider carefully.
In context, John records more than just the words Jesus spoke. He unveils the thinking of Jesus: "Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished (finished)" (John 19:28).
The same Greek word (tetelestai ) is used in verse 28, as in verse 30, when He cried out - "It is finished" (accomplished).
What had Jesus accomplished which was then finished?
God's word had been questioned; His authority challenged.
The commandment which had been intended to indicate the way of life could not give life (Rom. 7:10).
(((Rom 7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. ))))
It was "weak through the flesh."
Therefore, "God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh ... condemned sin in the flesh" (Rom. 8:3).
This condemnation of sin in the flesh, Jesus had accomplished.
He could say, "The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me" (John 14:30).
Yet He went one step further.
Isaiah cries out, "The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all" (53:6).
In the hours of darkness that enshrouded the Cross, He bore the reality of separation from God and
sensed the horror of "outer darkness" into which He knew He would soon pass. As that final hour approached He knew all had been accomplished, and in finishing His earthly mission, He in submission uttered - "Father into Thy hands, I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46) - His very Being and Self Identity.
The Father, faithful to His commitment, raised Jesus from the dead "for our justification" (Rom. 4:25) and to ever live so as "to make intercession" (Heb. 7:25) for those whom He justifies. "In bringing many sons unto glory," God made "the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings" (Heb. 2:10).
It was accomplished by Jesus, who had finished the work which He had agreed to do.
The final at-one-ment is still to come when "in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth" (Eph. 1:10).
In this we see the two-fold gospel of God, the "counsel of peace" which was "between the Two of Them" (Zech. 6:13, Heb.). One was to be "made of the seed of David according to the flesh" to "condemn sin in the flesh" and the Other who would raise Him from the dead "with power" so He could save "to the uttermost all that come unto God by Him" (Rom. 1:3-4; 8:3; Heb. 7:25).
At the Cross one phase of the Gospel was completed; It was finished.'
*******
Christ called unto God the Father.
In the beginning Christ was there with God.
Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Col 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
*******
We read the above and in Genesis it would have us believe that it is only God who later was designated as the Father was the Creator alone.
When we say 'God created' we generally do not think 'God's Son created'. In truth…
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
The Word was WITH God.
Not the SON was with God, but the WORD was with God.
You see, God was with God, equal with equal and then…
Zec 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
Zec 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
'The counsel of peace shall be BETWEEN THEM BOTH.'
Psa 110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
'The LORD said unto my Lord.'
God with God.
Both from everlasting unto everlasting.
Psa 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
DECLARE the DECREE.
THOU ART MY SON- THIS DAY HAVE I BEGOTTEN THEE.
This day have I begotten thee.
Truly, to be aware of being begotten on the day one is begotten would mean what? Think about it… awareness, comprehension, a DECREE DECLARED. One who is from everlasting - God with God and then…. One of those from everlasting DECLARED a DECREE to the other. One would be Father the other Son… by DECREE.
Dictionary Definition-
de·cree
diˈkrē/
noun
1.
an official order issued by a legal authority.
synonyms: order, edict, command, commandment, mandate, proclamation, dictum, fiat
By an order issued. By a command. By a mandate. By a proclamation…
Thou art my SON.
THIS DAY have I begotten thee.
And yet, He was from everlasting in existence from existence's beginning. Then there came a day of declaration, a day of a decree.
Why am I emphasizing this? Because it's important that we comprehend that God with God, God who was declared a Son had a plan with the declared Son. They were agreed together on their plan of salvation.
The plan was made and the God with God became Father and Son. The Son took on flesh. The Son lived life as a human facing temptation, conquering temptation, suffering horrifically, obedient unto death! And He died with the hope in Him, with the faith in Him that His Father would raise Him from that death, and HE DID!
There are many parts to the plan of salvation and for us to believe there is only one would be a grave error on our part.
The Son became our Prophet. The Son became our High Priest. The Son will be our King.
When our Savior cried out 'It is finished' 'It is accomplished' - He knew that the end of His life was at hand, that he'd done what He NEEDED to do in His human form and now life in that human form alone was over. Now He was to go to Heaven and there continue on in His new form, His new flesh, His immortal flesh. He became HIGH PRIEST and has taken the blood of His OWN sacrifice, the sacrifice that was the finish to his earthly flesh existence able to be tempted, to use in the heavenly sanctuary as needed. No longer does He bear susceptibility to temptation, He bore the inferior human flesh and He PREVAILED! The blood spilled was all the blood of sacrifice that will ever be needed to cleanse all sin from existence!
All by the GRACE of our LORD and SAVIOR! All in HIS LOVE!
Supplementary (For Further Thought) --
'The Final Words of Christ --
'Only in the Gospel of John, do we find recorded the words of Jesus, "It is finished" (19:30).
The synoptic gospels all note that Jesus cried with "a loud voice" just before His final
breath. (Matt. 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46)
Luke also indicates that after the cry with a loud voice, He prayed, "Father into thy hands I commend my spirit," and died.
John does not record that Jesus cried with "a loud voice."
Are we, therefore, left with the conclusion that the words uttered when Jesus cried with a loud
voice were, "It is finished"?
The gospel of John written near the end of the first century does fill some gaps which are not covered in the Synoptics written decades earlier. For example, in the Synoptics all the writers tell of the "Last Supper." John, while writing about that Passover Supper, does not mention what is called the Communion Service, but rather a service connected with it, which the others had omitted - the ordinance of feet washing (John 13:3-17).
Are we, therefore again, left to draw the conclusion that the Holy Spirit considered what Jesus said with "a loud voice" of such importance that He had John record the words rather than just stating, "He cried with a loud voice"?
If these conclusions be correct, then there is an importance to what Jesus uttered with a "loud
voice" when He cried, "It is finished," which we need to consider carefully.
In context, John records more than just the words Jesus spoke. He unveils the thinking of Jesus: "Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished (finished)" (John 19:28).
The same Greek word (tetelestai ) is used in verse 28, as in verse 30, when He cried out - "It is finished" (accomplished).
What had Jesus accomplished which was then finished?
God's word had been questioned; His authority challenged.
The commandment which had been intended to indicate the way of life could not give life (Rom. 7:10).
(((Rom 7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. ))))
It was "weak through the flesh."
Therefore, "God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh ... condemned sin in the flesh" (Rom. 8:3).
This condemnation of sin in the flesh, Jesus had accomplished.
He could say, "The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me" (John 14:30).
Yet He went one step further.
Isaiah cries out, "The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all" (53:6).
In the hours of darkness that enshrouded the Cross, He bore the reality of separation from God and
sensed the horror of "outer darkness" into which He knew He would soon pass. As that final hour approached He knew all had been accomplished, and in finishing His earthly mission, He in submission uttered - "Father into Thy hands, I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46) - His very Being and Self Identity.
The Father, faithful to His commitment, raised Jesus from the dead "for our justification" (Rom. 4:25) and to ever live so as "to make intercession" (Heb. 7:25) for those whom He justifies. "In bringing many sons unto glory," God made "the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings" (Heb. 2:10).
It was accomplished by Jesus, who had finished the work which He had agreed to do.
The final at-one-ment is still to come when "in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth" (Eph. 1:10).
In this we see the two-fold gospel of God, the "counsel of peace" which was "between the Two of Them" (Zech. 6:13, Heb.). One was to be "made of the seed of David according to the flesh" to "condemn sin in the flesh" and the Other who would raise Him from the dead "with power" so He could save "to the uttermost all that come unto God by Him" (Rom. 1:3-4; 8:3; Heb. 7:25).
At the Cross one phase of the Gospel was completed; It was finished.'
*******
Christ called unto God the Father.
In the beginning Christ was there with God.
Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Col 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
*******
We read the above and in Genesis it would have us believe that it is only God who later was designated as the Father was the Creator alone.
When we say 'God created' we generally do not think 'God's Son created'. In truth…
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
The Word was WITH God.
Not the SON was with God, but the WORD was with God.
You see, God was with God, equal with equal and then…
Zec 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
Zec 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
'The counsel of peace shall be BETWEEN THEM BOTH.'
Psa 110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
'The LORD said unto my Lord.'
God with God.
Both from everlasting unto everlasting.
Psa 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
DECLARE the DECREE.
THOU ART MY SON- THIS DAY HAVE I BEGOTTEN THEE.
This day have I begotten thee.
Truly, to be aware of being begotten on the day one is begotten would mean what? Think about it… awareness, comprehension, a DECREE DECLARED. One who is from everlasting - God with God and then…. One of those from everlasting DECLARED a DECREE to the other. One would be Father the other Son… by DECREE.
Dictionary Definition-
de·cree
diˈkrē/
noun
1.
an official order issued by a legal authority.
synonyms: order, edict, command, commandment, mandate, proclamation, dictum, fiat
By an order issued. By a command. By a mandate. By a proclamation…
Thou art my SON.
THIS DAY have I begotten thee.
And yet, He was from everlasting in existence from existence's beginning. Then there came a day of declaration, a day of a decree.
Why am I emphasizing this? Because it's important that we comprehend that God with God, God who was declared a Son had a plan with the declared Son. They were agreed together on their plan of salvation.
The plan was made and the God with God became Father and Son. The Son took on flesh. The Son lived life as a human facing temptation, conquering temptation, suffering horrifically, obedient unto death! And He died with the hope in Him, with the faith in Him that His Father would raise Him from that death, and HE DID!
There are many parts to the plan of salvation and for us to believe there is only one would be a grave error on our part.
The Son became our Prophet. The Son became our High Priest. The Son will be our King.
When our Savior cried out 'It is finished' 'It is accomplished' - He knew that the end of His life was at hand, that he'd done what He NEEDED to do in His human form and now life in that human form alone was over. Now He was to go to Heaven and there continue on in His new form, His new flesh, His immortal flesh. He became HIGH PRIEST and has taken the blood of His OWN sacrifice, the sacrifice that was the finish to his earthly flesh existence able to be tempted, to use in the heavenly sanctuary as needed. No longer does He bear susceptibility to temptation, He bore the inferior human flesh and He PREVAILED! The blood spilled was all the blood of sacrifice that will ever be needed to cleanse all sin from existence!
All by the GRACE of our LORD and SAVIOR! All in HIS LOVE!
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