It Is Finished
It Is Finished This week I've been reading the stories about Jesus in his last week and picturing the end of his life, his shame filled, painful death on a cross. I keep coming back to two questions. The first question is: What did Jesus mean when he said "It is finished?" I read what the bible experts and translators had to say. Most of them agree that Jesus meant that he knew he had completed all the work God had sent him to do. He was expressing the sense of having done a good job. He had taught every lesson, performed every miracle, fulfilled every prophecy and forgiven every sin. But there is another possible meaning. It doesn't get much attention in the commentaries and it's considered a less likely translation. "It is finished" could mean "It's over. It's done." Jesus life? Finished. His ministry? Finished. His community of disciples? Finished. His vision of the Kingdom of God? Finished. And in my current mood, in the yea...