Redemption Was Not Finished On The Cross

John 19:28-30, “After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”

Scripturally, redemption was not truly "finished" until Jesus' literal physical liquid blood was sprinkled upon the heavenly Mercy Seat. In the Old Testament it wasn't enough at Passover to merely kill the lamb, the slain lamb's blood needed to be APPLIED to the doorposts and lintel (a horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window) of each home for the Lord to pass over that home, to spare the firstborn. Likewise, the Old Testament ceremonial laws for the Jews were a “SHADOW OF GOOD THINGS TO COME” (Hebrews 10:1b) of future things to come. Jesus is “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29b).

When Jesus died and resurrected three days later, He said to Mary Magdalene, “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father” (John 20:17b). The Devil's modern corrupt Bible revisions all tamper and change this passage to read, "Do not hold onto me," which implies that she had already touched Him. But if she had touched Jesus, the blood sacrifice would have been corrupted. It wasn't until Jesus returned from Heaven that he invited the Apostle Thomas (who doubted) to “touch” His scars in His hands and feet (John 20:27).

In John 19:30, everybody fails to read the preceding verses, which clears up the matter...

John 19:28-30, “After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”

It wasn't until Jesus saw that all of the Old Testament Messianic prophecies concerning Himself were fulfilled that He uttered the words, “I thirst.” When Christ uttered those two words “I thirst” and received the vinegar, all prophecies had been fulfilled, so that Christ could say, “It is finished.” We know that the Gospel could not have been finished, because Jesus hadn't even died yet, let alone been buried and resurrected yet. So how could redemption have been finished? Jesus was speaking about fulfilled prophecy, and not salvation.

Redemption was not ultimately finished until Jesus' precious blood was sprinkled upon the Mercy Seat in Heaven (Hebrews 9:12, 22-24; 12:24). Pastor John MacArthur wickedly (in his Bible commentary) teaches that "blood" in Hebrews 9:12 means "death." If God meant death then He would have said "death," but He said "blood." Mr. MacArthur (1939-2025) heretically taught that we are saved by Jesus' outpouring of blood on Calvary's cross, and not by His blood being applied in Heaven. MacArthur is a liar!

I was listening to Alexander Scourby (1913-1985) read from Hebrews today. Hebrews 9:12, "Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." Only a darn fool would tamper with this Bible passage to render it mute. Just as the lamb's blood needed to be applied to the home's doorposts, so also did Jesus' blood have to be applied in Heaven in the presence of the Father on our behalf (Hebrews 9:24).

Exodus 12:13, “And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.”

The death angel was looking for the blood, not the dead lamb. Jesus' death on the cross wasn't enough, it was absolutely necessary and imperative that the blood be applied in Heaven.