Christ’s Cry of Victory

“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar he said, It is finished, and bowed his head and gave up the ghost.” John 19:30 There Christ hung, in pain and agony on the cross, dying the death of the damned, seemingly defeated.  His enemies surrounded Him, laughing, spitting, jeering, mocking.  Yet, in a sense, his whole life led up to this moment on the cross when He cried out “It is finished.” The New Bible Commentary states here, “The words, ‘It is finished,’ are really a shout of...