Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" was one of the most difficult movies I had to watch. During the movie, i somehow wanted my eyes to just close. I couldn't stand seeing such picture of a man suffering under such evil pain. And after having watched it, i just had to ask myself, "was that really just a picture of a man suffering or much more of a picture of a man suffering because of me? And hey, that was no ordinary man, it was Jesus, my Lord and my Saviour."
One of the movie's focused scene was during His crucifixion where He had spoken seven words, The Seven Last Words. After receiving the drink, He said, "It is Finished." This was actually his 6th word.
I remembered how I and my classmates reacted when we realized that school was finally over and its vacation time. We were all like "Yes!!! It's finished!! Tapos na ang paghihirap natin!" It was an expression of fulfillment and success, because we were able to finish half of our journey. When Jesus said "It is finished," surely he was expressing relief that his suffering was over. But the Greek Word "tetelestai" means more than just that. Eugene Peterson captured the full sense of the verb in the message: It was more like "It's done...complete." Jesus accomplished His mission. Before he had to suffer, He was able to preach the Kingdom Of God and He revealed the love and grace of His Father.
To sum it all up, God is truly and definitely LOVE. He took our sin upon sending His only Son Jesus, and oh what evil pain He did suffered on. Only God can do this. He accomplised what we never could. Jesus finished the work of salvation.
