Achieving Atonement by Derek Philip Thompson

Author:Derek Philip Thompson [Thompson, Derek Philip]
Language: spa
Format: epub
Tags: Christian atonement, Christian, atonement, Christ, cross, crucifixion, theology, salvation, soteriology
Publisher: Free-eBooks.net
Published: 2018-07-16T06:00:00+00:00

It is Finished

The last words of Jesus according to John, who was present at the crucifixion, were “It is finished” (John 19:30). What was finished? His life? Jesus was in no position to elaborate. Luke complicates matters by giving in his gospel Jesus’ final utterance as “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (Luke 23:46). Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34 record Jesus exclamation from the cross: “‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’”. Of course, Jesus endured crucifixion long enough to make several statements and the gospel writers do not claim to provide an exhaustive record.

Wesley Carr (1992, p. 128) commented on John’s version,

“The writer may imply that Jesus claims that he has done all that was asked of him: ‘I have done everything’. But more likely he wants us to think of God as the achiever: ‘All that God intended has been completed’. If so, there may be a connection with the versions of Jesus’ cry in Mark and Matthew. Both quote the beginning of Psalm 22. But that psalm ends: ‘They shall tell to a people yet unborn, that this was the Lord’s doing’ (Psalm 22:31). Maybe Mark and Matthew, like John, also wish to emphasize that Jesus had completed his work.”

The Lumen Christi model agrees that God is the achiever but does not view God’s mission for atonement as being finished when Jesus died. Evil remains in the world and Christ continues to save the lost. But the cross marks a crucial milestone in the divine plan.

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