THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS!
John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. .
I. WHAT DID JESUS MEAN WHEN HE SAID "IT IS FINISHED”????
A. He did what He came to do.
John 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished
the work which thou gavest me to do. .
1. He told His disciple what He would do.
Matt 26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all
these sayings, he said unto his disciples, .
Matt 26:2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the
Passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be
crucified. .
II. What then happened during the next 3 days??
1 Pet 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the
just for the unjust, that he might bring us to
God, being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the Spirit: .
1 Pet 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the
spirits in prison; .
1 Pet 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah,
while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that
is, eight souls were saved by water. .
A. He preached for 3 days in hell.
1, Hell was different then.
Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in
torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus
in his bosom. .
a. who did He preach to?
1 Pet 4:5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to
judge the quick and the dead. .
1 Pet 4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to
them that are dead, that they might be judged
according to men in the flesh, but live according
to God in the spirit. .
b. He preached to both sides of hell as it was.
Isaiah 14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee
at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for
thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath
raised up from their thrones all the kings of the
nations. .
III. He took the keys of Hell and Death from the Spirit of Hell and Death.
Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am
alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell
and of death. .
IV. Nowhere does it say that the devil is in hell.
A. Hell is prepared for the devil.
Matt 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire,
prepared for the devil and his angels: .
Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of lire. This is the second death. .
V. He arose from the dead.
Ps 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of
Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither
his flesh did see corruption. .
A. He took those keys of hell and death and opened the doors.
Eph 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Eph 4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also
descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
Eph 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) .
VI. He was on His way to the Father.
John 20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself,
and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say,
Master.
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not
yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren,
and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and
your Father; and to my God, and your God. .
A. Mary could not touch Him. He had not yet placed His blood on the Mercy Seat in heaven. \
B. The high priest would be destroyed if he
tried to go into the Holy of Holies if someone touched him on his way to put the blood on the mercy seat.
VII. Passing through the second heavens He did something more.
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was
against us, which was contrary to us, and took it
out of the way, nailing it to his cross; .
Col 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he
made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in
it. .
A. the devil is the prince of the power of the air.
Eph 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the
power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the
children of disobedience: .
1. Roman generals would strip publicly the defeated general of their titles and power.
a. Jesus stripped him (the devil) openly.
Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,
son of the morning! how art thou cut down to
the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
1. Jesus is the bright and morning star.
2. Devil the deceiver, Jesus the mighty counselor
3. Satan the liar, Jesus the way, life and TRUTH.
VIII. Then Jesus marched up the streets of Glory.
Ps 24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come
in.
Ps 24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and
mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. .
IX. The conclusion
A: What happened to the saints from paradise??
Ephesians 4:8. “Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”
Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report
through faith, received not the promise: .
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. .
B: What happened to hell??
Isaiah 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened
her mouth without measure: and their glory, and
their multitude, and their pomp, and he that
rejoiceth, shall descend into it. .
C: What is Jesus doing now??
1. He is our intercessor, advocate and lawyer in heaven.
Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the
heavenly places, .
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our
faith; who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of God. .
C: What about us??
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ: .
Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit
together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: .
Eph 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and
powers in heavenly places might be known by the
church the manifold wisdom of God, .
Eph 4:27 Neither give place to the devil. .
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. .
X. Conclusion conclusion!!!
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the
false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and
night forever and ever. .
