It Is Finished

This is one of the most surprising studies I have ever made. One day, I had this incredible feeling, while doing a study about the cross, that the same word that was used upon the cross was also used at the end of creation.

King James

Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

LIT Genesis 2:1

1. |3615| And were finished |8064| the heavens |0776| and the earth |3605| and all |6635| their army.

Strong’s Ref. # 3615

Romanized kalah

Pronounced kaw-law’

a primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume):

The word that was used at creation simply meant completed.

Now read the words of Jesus, as He was facing His last days on this earth.

KJV John 17:1-26

1. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

2. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

3. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

4. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

5. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

In His prayer to the Father just before His capture and trial Jesus talks about finishing the work He was sent to do. From this text we can see that the work Jesus came to do included giving eternal life to us. If you read the rest of John17 you will see His work also included teaching the word of God. “For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.” John 17:8 Does this mean that this was the end of Jesus’ teaching? No, as we see in KJV Acts 1:3 “To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:” Jesus taught for forty days after the resurection. Now we will take a look at one more place the word finished was used, on the cross.

KJV John 19:30

30. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

What was Jesus referring to when He used the word finished while He was on the cross?

LIT John 19:3030. |3753| when |3767| Then |2983| took |3588| the |3690| cheap wine |2424| Jesus, |2036| he said, |5055| It has been completed, |2532| and |2827| bowing |3588| the |2776| head |3860| relinquished |3588| the |4151| spirit.

Strong’s Ref. # 5055

Romanized teleo

Pronounced tel-eh’-o

from GSN5056; to end, ie. complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt):

Although the final words of the creation of this earth, and the final words of Jesus are the same, I did not see the link between the two. As I dug a little further, I did find something that actually surprised me. The Greek word that signifies Jesus’ final word upon the cross was not only that it was finished, but that the debt had been paid.

On His last days on this earth Jesus prayed for those that believed upon Him. This is what Jesus gave up His life for. To pay the debt we could never pay.

John 17:4 uses the word finished which is a different word than the word used in John 19:30. There was a reason for this. Jesus paid a debt for us.

4. |1473| I |4571| You |1392| glorified |1909| on |3588| the |1093| earth, |3588| the |2041| work |5048| finishing |3739| which |1325| You gave |3427| to me |2443| that |4160| I should do.

Strong’s Ref. # 5048

Romanized teleioo
Pronounced tel-i-o’-o

from GSN5046; to complete, i.e. (literally) accomplish, or (figuratively) consummate (in character):

KJV–consecrate, finish, fulfil, make) perfect.