Tetelestai (It is Finished!)

I sing my Savior's wondrous death, He conquered when he fell:

It is finished! said his dying breath, And shook the gates of hell.

It is finished! our Immanuel cries, The dreadful work is done;

Hence shall his sovereign throne arise, His kingdom is begun.

It is finished! It is finished! The sin-bearer is forsaken,

It is finished! It is finished! The penalty he Himself has taken

The results of His suffering will satisfy -God’s wrath shall be appeased

Our sins forgiven, hell subdued, so partake of pardon and peace!

Here at the cross of Calvary, The altar and the lamb proclaim

And prophets in their visions see Salvation through his righteous name.

The holy place has been unveiled, Since Christ has made us free;

Our tyrants to his cross he nailed, And bought our liberty.

It is finished! It is finished! The sin-bearer is forsaken,

It is finished! It is finished! The penalty on Himself was taken

The results of His suffering satisfy -and the Father’s wrath appeased

Our sins forgiven, hell subdued, so partake of Heav’nly peace!

For at the place they called the Skull, The serpent’s skull was crushed

The cross has pierced the crust of earth and blood covered the dust

And so the blood still covers , the precious blood atones

Our substitute has made it so; This could be done by Christ alone

Bridge: Hallelujah! Tetelestai! Behold the Lamb of God!

The death penalty is repealed

Christ died for our sins that we might die to sin

By His wounds you are now healed.

It is finished! It is finished! The sin-bearer is forsaken,

It is finished! It is finished! The penalty on Himself was taken

The results of His suffering satisfy -and the Father’s wrath appeased

Our sins forgiven, hell subdued, so partake of Heav’nly peace!

John 19:30, Luke 23:33, Genesis 3:15, 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Psalm 22:1

Anthony Foster

Some words after Isaac Watts

June 7, 2018