1.1b I thirst...It is finished
1.1b I thirst...It is finished [∞]
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When Jesus said "It is finished" he was referring to more than his life being over.
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End of judgement
Samson slew a thousand men with the jawbone of an ass [1] as a shadow of Christ judging men. When he was finished judging, Samson was thirsty. When Jesus was finished judging, he was totally consumed. He is the Word of God which is symbolized by water. His 'water' was all used up. Both Samson and Jesus were thirsty. With "I thirst", Jesus declared, "Judgement is finished".
Water then came from the jawbone. [Jawbone lechiy לחי - fresh, new לח creation י] When Christ was finished with the judgement of man, Jesus gave new life.
- ↑ ▸ ± Jud 15:16-19 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. Jud 15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi. Jud 15:18 ¶ And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? Jud 15:19 But God clave an hollow place that [was] in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which [is] in Lehi unto this day.
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The slavery of Israel in Egypt was a judgement. They did not worship God, but the gods of Egypt. As the judgement ended they passed through the sea on dry ground. The crossing is often seen as a picture of baptism, but baptism itself is a picture of the cross. Jesus is the firmament between the waters; the firm ground. As with the shadow of Samson and the jawbone, Jesus was totally consumed on the cross; he was 'dry'.
In the wilderness, they were first given manna, a kind of bread to eat. Manna מן is 'from מ the death of the son of man ן'. Jesus is the bread from heaven. It represents the cross; his body given for us. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. God's name 'Elohim' has a pun 'lechem' which is bread. 'Lechem' לחם means 'teaching ל to understand ח the finished work of the son ם. When we are delivered by God, he teaches us about the cross. The cross symbolized by the bread declared the end of judgement.
Then the Hebrews thirsted again signifying the end of judgement. They were given a flood of water from the rock. After the cross, there was a flood of doctrine as all the OT was revealed to speak of Christ. The new teaching taught grace. The old teaching/water taught judgement.
The water came from a rock ['tsur' צור is the exchange of sin and righteousness צ made clear ו by revelation ר]. Christ was the Rock, not Peter, nor 'revelation'. The rock was struck a second time and produced water because they thirsted again at the end of the 40 years. The judgement of the flesh was ended.
1.1b.4 I will praise the name of God [∞]
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▸ ± Ps 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
As with other 'thirsty' verses, this one prefigures Christ on the cross where they gave him vinegar to drink when he thirsted.
The Hebrew word for vinegar is the same as for leaven. At the Passover, whoever had leaven at the time of the Passover would be cut off. It was the final judgement before the shadow of the cross. Leaven represents 'teaching'. The Hebrews removed the old teaching of judgement in preparation for the new teaching of peace and grace.
The thirst of Jesus signifies the end of judgement, the final teaching from the law.
Ps 69:30 ¶ I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
From verse 21 - 29 there are bad things happening to the people. BUT Jesus took our judgement. They are a description of our sins which he took to the cross. He pronounced judgement on men, then according to his law, the one who judges is judged. In verse 30, we see that after his judgement, he praises God having conquered sin.
His thirst was the end of judgement followed by a new life.
