It is Finished

Christ is the End of Our Struggle

There was once a celebration of such a watershed event on God’s time line, only it focused on a spiritual bench mark, not a chronological milestone. This wasn’t a mere once-in-a-lifetime event; it was a once-in-eternity event: “Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin” (Hebrews 10:18). No more sin offerings! Jesus was the perfect offering for sin. Man, there was dancing in the street when spiritually hungry, hurting people who had labored under the Law all of their lives realized what God had done through Jesus Christ on the day of His atonement! They had felt under condemnation for so long. Now God, through His Son, had made a new covenant with man. He revealed the reality that had been prophesied.

They came to understand that “Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to everyone who believes (Romans 10:4). Romans 10:4—now there’s the ultimate “10-4” that radio buffs quote to signal that their “work” is finished. Christ finished His work! It’s not half-finished or almost finished, it’s finished. “Righteousness to everyone who believes.” W. E. Vine defines righteousness in this instance as “the gracious gift of God to men whereby all who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ are brought into right relationship with God.” That means we’re OK with God.

Bill Gillham

What God Wishes Christians Knew about Christianity, Harvest House, 1998