A similar word phrase is uttered at the end of the 7 last plagues, ginomai – “It is done.” Is it any wonder then, that the seven last plagues are running the days of creation backwards (de-creation) and that all the plagues are the plagues of the cross; Calvary’s darkness, Calvary’s thirst, treated like a leper (outside the gate), the earthquake (CF Sinai) , the spiritual struggle of Gethsemane. What does it all mean? Accept the fact that Jesus took the wrath of God on your behalf or experience it for yourself!

The word ‘rest’ also occurs at all three junctions. God Rested, Jesus rested, John says for those who receive the plagues, there is “no rest.” God’s people are resting in a finished work, outwardly demonstrated in their devotion to the day of rest. We cease our labours (for salvation) and rest in His finished work. After rest comes work.

All this took place at Calvary when he said “It is finished!” The cross was His biography. The wood was the table upon which it was written, His flesh was the parchment, and the nails were the pen dipped in His blood. But it was our biography too. His brow was pierced for the wrong things we have thought, His hands were spiked because of the wrong things we have done, His feet were rigid to the tree because of the wrong places we have been. His back was raw because of the wrong burdens we have born. His side was opened near His heart, because we have loved foolishly with our hearts. His lips were cupped to the cry of woe for the wrong things we have uttered. He was suffering a human death because of the wrong thing that we are.