Jesus Draws in a Deep Breath

Then Jesus draws in a deep breath, pushes his feet down on the nail, and cries, “It is finished.”
WHAT was finished? The history-long plan of redeeming humanity was finally finished.  What God sent Jesus to do, was done.  The message of God to the world was finished.  The work done by Jesus as a man on earth was finished.  The blood had been poured.  The sacrifice had been made.  It was over.             ...