And John 19:30--When He had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
Do not think that this was Christ (the Sacrifice) giving up. He was giving Life for life in order to give us another chance. If man had been in charge of Jesus' death, He may well have died after one of the many beatings, or from the pain, or the dehydration or exhaustion from carrying the cross. But man was not in charge, he could not take this life. Man, no doubt, made His death miserable. But it was His to give. It was the ultimate submission to the Father, giving all.
He spoke very little during His trial even though they mercilessly questioned Him, ridiculed Him, mocked Him and beat Him. He allowed it all in order to show the price of our redemption. He could have stopped it ALL with ONE WORD! But chose not to use His power. He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. There was nothing Pilate, Herod, Caiaphas, the mob, the soldiers could do to Him. The Ruler of All came for us, and finished it.
Jesus pronounced "It is finished" because there was nothing left for Him to do. All the prophecies from the Old Testament about the suffering of the Messiah were finished. The work of man's redemption was now complete.
The Bible tells us He died at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Today at 3pm, stop, think and thank Him for doing what no one else could. And for doing it willingly.
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