Joel M Bradshaw

28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”29A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.–John 19

Reproaches have broken my [David’s] heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink. (Psalm 69:20-21)

1. What was finished? The once-for-all sacrifice necessary to reconcile a repentant sinner with the Holy God.
2. The Father’s great plan of salvation required the wages of sin to be paid and for His wrath against sin to truly be satisfied.
3. Jesus saw Himself as fulfilling his ancestor David’s struggle in Psalm 69.
4. Jesus never seemed more human and relatable than when He was thirsty as He died an excruciating death.
5. Jesus gave up His spirit. Remember to view His death as a sacrifice and not as a martyrdom. His wife wasn’t taken, it was given.
6. Jesus didn’t get killed in your place, He willingly and sacrificially died in your place.
7. How do you respond to this passage of Scripture? I invite you to read Psalm 69 and immerse yourself in the context of both David and Jesus.–JMB