it is finished.

...meditating on john 19 this morning. Before Jesus dies (verse 30), he cries out "it is finished". What is finished? 

Hebrews 10 gives us the answer:

¹¹And every priest stands^(N) daily at his service,^(O) offering repeatedly the same sacrifices,^(P) which can never take away sins. ¹²But when Christ^[b] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he^(Q) sat down at the right hand of God,

I always like to sit down after finishing something. Mowing the lawn, 40 minutes of indoor soccer at AI, a P90X work out (confession-I only did 3 of these so P3X)...sitting just feels like the right thing to do after a job is completed.

Jesus finished what he came to do (John 17.4) and sat down at the right hand of God. And what a work he did! Offering himself, for all time, as a single sacrifice for sins. I think I could chew on those three words all day and not for a moment get tired of repeating them to myself:

It is finished, It is finished, It is finished.

with three words from the cross my debt was diminished
Christ breathing out his last, cries aloud "It is finished"