The Scriptures declare that before the foundations of the earth, GOD (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) prepared the plan of salvation. For people to clearly understand the significance of this great gift, we must understand, accept and believe that GOD is the Creator of humankind. Through His infinite wisdom and love for us, GOD desires to restore us to right relationship with Him by having His creation correctly understand Who He is in relation to us, and who we are in relation to Him. When we do, we can appreciate through complete submission His plan of salvation through His Son, Jesus.

Many who do not believe in Jesus of Nazareth as the promised Messiah of the Old Testament Christian Bible and the Torah, believe that this cry, “It is finished!” of Jesus as He hung on the cross and as He gave up His Spirit, to be a cry of defeat. This cannot be farther from the truth. The truth is that to those who believe, the Spirit of GOD has revealed that it was The Cry of Eternal Victory. Paul shares this same perspective and says if it is otherwise, then Christians are the most miserable people with the Corinthian Church (1 Cor. 15) and should be pitied.

Many say that the cross is where Jesus faced His demise. Those of us who believe understand that the cross is representative of the power of GOD’s WORD. The cross, to those who believe in Jesus as LORD and Savior, is the manifestation of the confidence we can have in what GOD has said in His WORD.