Hanging on the cross he Himself is the Gospel! Calvary is the law magnified, justice satisfied, sin nullified, the father glorified, the sinner justified and satan petrified. All this took place when Jesus uttered my favourite word. ‘Tetelestai,’ “It is finished” (John 19:28-30 -it is just one word in the Greek). These are the greatest words your heart will ever hear. Your salvation is finished! Complete! (Colossians 2:10) Your debt is paid in full (another meaning of the word). There is nothing more you can do to make your salvation more thorough. You cannot add to it, you cannot improve on it, you cannot earn it – before or after – you can only accept it and live in a finished work.

God uttered at creation a similar declaration when He finished His work! (Gen 2:1-3) Then He rested on the Sabbath, which He memorialised; sanctified, blessed and made Holy. Now Jesus utters the word / phrase at the conclusion of our re-creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) and He rested in the tomb on the Sabbath, thus memorialising the spiritual rest we have in a finished work of salvation.