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Mom mom mom. You're dodging the question. My point is that I don't think "IT is finished" refers to what you think it does. You previously stated that it referred to the sacrifice, then said that the sacrifice was accepted on Easter morning. I'm just trying to clarify. Whatever "it" is should be "finished" at the cross (preferably right before He said it), not three days later.

Right , right . right ..don't fall asleep while your reading and you will get it:>)

It (salvation of the elect) was finished at the cross..

The resurrection is a visible sign to men that God has accepted it

You never asked me for my OT shadow of this.So you will get it anyway

We read in the OT that the High Priest went into the Holy of Holies to offer sacrifices for the sin of Israel . God had warned that no one but the priest could go in there , the sacrifice had to be preformed in the way that God ordered, if not the priest could be struck dead.

So bells were sown to the hem of His garment so the people knew as long as the bells rang that all was well with the priest , and the sacrifices were being offered to assuage the wrath of God . The priest had a rope tied around his ankle so that if God struck the priest dead the people could pull the body out .

So the nation stood there and listened to the bells , they watched and prayed that the sacrifice would be accepted. But they had no way to know that the sacrifice was done as God had ordered and was complete ,until the priest stepped out of the Holy of Holies .

That is a type of the resurrection , Jesus as the Lamb sacrificed himself (as our High Priest) , the sacrifice was completed and the wrath of God assuaged . It (like the sacrifices in the Holy of holies was completed ) . Just as the Priest stepping out let the people know that God had accepted the COMPLETED sacrifice..Jesus rising from the dead is our sign and assurance that indeed it is finished..Praise God!!