Name: Sermon Series | What Did the Lord Jesus Really Mean When He Said "It Is Finished" on the Cross?
Uploaded: 2022-07-07T21:33:14.000Z
Duration: 28 min 46 s
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when the Lord Jesus said on the cross "It is finished,"

He was saying that God's work of saving mankind had been completed.

when the Lord returns, He won't have any more salvation work to do,

but He'll just lift all believers up into the sky to meet the Lord,

This is something that believers in the Lord firmly believe.

That's why so many are always gazing at the sky,

idly waiting for the Lord to take them straight up into His kingdom.

so their faith is waning and they're feeling discouraged.

Was the Lord's promise even real? Is He coming, or not?

Actually, the Lord Jesus came back in secret as the Son of man a long time ago,

and doing the work of judgment beginning with the house of God.

But most people aren't trying to listen for the voice of God

or seeking to hear the Holy Spirit's words to the churches,

and they have been assuming all along that

the Lord has to come on a cloud to take them up into heaven,

so they're missing the chance to welcome the Lord.

This may be very closely linked to how people

interpret the Lord Jesus' words on the cross:

Why is it that so many believers think that the Lord Jesus saying "It is finished"

meant that God's work to save mankind was done?

that He wasn't going to perform any more work to save mankind?

that these words were referring to God completing His work of salvation?

But then, why does everyone define these words from the Lord Jesus

as meaning that God's salvation work was fully completed?

Understanding God's words is no easy task.

The consequences of interpreting the Scripture on your own are very serious.

they personally interpreted the prophecies about the Messiah,

and they saw the Lord Jesus didn't fit with their interpretations.

So they condemned His work and even had Him crucified.

This directly led to them being damned by the Lord Jesus.

So when the Lord Jesus said on the cross "It is finished,"

Understanding this requires careful thought

on the biblical prophecies about the Lord's return in the last days,

especially the things the Lord Jesus personally said He'd do,

and His parables about the kingdom of heaven.

These things are directly linked to His work in the last days.

We need to have a basic understanding of these prophecies and parables

to correctly understand what the Lord Jesus was really talking about

He meant that God's work to save mankind was completely done.

In fact, if we give serious consideration

to the Lord Jesus' prophecies and parables for the kingdom of heaven,

we can gain a basic understanding of the kingdom

Then we won't misinterpret His statement, "It is finished."

The Lord Jesus also used a lot of parables

We can see from these prophecies and parables that

the Lord Jesus said He'd do a great deal of work when He returns.

expressing the truth and doing the work of judgment.

This will lead people to enter into all truths

and then sort all according to their kind.

Those who can be perfected will be perfected,

and those who must be eliminated will be eliminated.

This will completely realize everything the Lord Jesus said about the kingdom.

Think of the wheat and the tares, the fishing net,

the sheep and the goats, and the good and evil servants.

The work of judgment starting with the house of God

those who love the truth from those who just crave comfort.

The wise virgins will attend the Lamb's wedding feast and be perfected by God.

They'll fall into the disasters, weeping and gnashing their teeth,

because they didn't listen for God's voice.

This is the work of judgment to sort all according to their kind,

rewarding the good and punishing the evil,

and this will completely fulfill this prophecy in Revelation:

When we really understand the Lord Jesus' prophecies,

we can see that the Lord's coming in the last days

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