The work is finished

John 17:4 says, “I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” When the Lord prayed, He acknowledged that His work was almost complete. He would soon be betrayed, go to trial, and be crucified. While on the cross, He said, “It is finished” (John 19:30). At that point, He died and established the His new covenant with man.

When His work was finished, everything relating to redemption and salvation was brought to completion. There was nothing else remaining that could have been done. Premillennialists state that Jesus did not finish what He wanted to do because of His rejection by the Jews. His kingdom would be established at some point in the future, and the church was set up as an afterthought or parenthesis.

But Jesus Himself said that His work is finished, not that it was “put off” until another time. People who disregard what Jesus says misapply and misinterpret the Bible -- to their destruction.

Kyle Campbell