John 19:30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

“It is Finished” Strong’s G5055 – teleō

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

1. to bring to a close, to finish, to end
   1. passed, finished
2. to perform, execute, complete, fulfil, (so that the thing done corresponds to what has been said, the order, command etc.)
   1. with special reference to the subject matter, to carry out the contents of a command
   2. with reference also to the form, to do just as commanded, and generally involving the notion of time, to perform the last act which completes a process, to accomplish, fulfil
3. to pay
   1. of tribute
      In Jhn 19:30 the word means, “It is finished.” Christ satisfied God’s justice by dying for all to pay for the sins of the elect. These sins can never be punished again since that would violate God’s justice. Sins can only be punished once, either by a substitute or by yourself.

No single word can completely accomplish all that the life of Christ means to us and yet we hear words that seem obvious to anyone who only looks toward that final moment.

Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

Fulfill in the Greek carries this Biblical usage; to carry through to the end (i.e. finish)

Whoever is born of water must die. Jesus was born of water and had to die, it was what he accomplished between those two events that changed the world.

Alone is a television series where contestants are given eleven survival items, cameras, and are dropped off into the wilderness alone.

Isaiah 29:8 As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating, and awakes with his hunger not satisfied, or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking, and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched, so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Those contestants seek a half million dollars for the last one standing.

Some leave early because of fear of wild animals, some leave early because of thirst or hunger.

A small number of them leave because they are alone.

Here is a truth that the lost refuse to believe: without God in our hearts, we are all alone.