It Is Finished! Poem by Denis Martindale

Resounding through the Universe,
Transcending time and space,
The greatest shout of victory
Heard by the human race!
For from the lips of Jesus Christ
Came His tremendous cry,
When 'It is finished! ' was His shout,
He laid down life to die...

All holy scriptures were fulfilled,
Each prophecy complete,
God's Son of whom the Prophets wrote
Held Satan in defeat!
The battle has been won by Christ,
Immortal God who died,
His sacred blood has flowed for sin...
God's Laws were satisfied!

How vast the ransom Jesus paid,
With no work left undone,
The gate to Heaven opened wide
By God's begotten Son!
Mankind's great debts have been redeemed,
Sin's full price has been paid!
Christ's shame and suffering overcome,
Atonement has been made...

My Lord and my Love crucified,
Each sinner's faithful friend,
Behold Alpha and Omega,
Beginning, middle, end!
Christ's perfect life was sacrificed,
God's dreadful price for sins...
God's Age of Law nailed to the Cross,
God's Age of Grace begins...

God's grievous battle has to close
With Man's redemption won,
No need for types and pale shadows,
The will of God's been done!
Since Satan's been defeated by
The Saviour crucified,
We see Death's sting has been vanquished,
Once Christ's Tomb opened wide!

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Adapted from Roy Allen's poemhunter poetry,
it-is-finished-13 and my revised version can
be sung to a common metre hymn eg 8,6,8,6.

Denis Martindale, copyright belonging to
Roy Allen's original poetry,2012...