Tetelestai

Dear Friends ~

As I was contemplating some kind of nourishing food for thought to share with you this sacred week, this little story arrived in my inbox from my brother-in-law.  I am pleased to pass along these beautiful nuggets of truth to you, my dear extended online family ...

Tetelestai

It's an interesting Greek word.

Several years ago, there was an archaeological dig in an ancient bakery.  Within the bakery they found several clay tablets.  As they examined the tablets they realized that each one was for a customer, and on each one was the amount the customer owed the baker.  When the account was paid off, the baker would write on the bottom, Tetelestai = paid in full.

When Jesus hung on the cross on Good Friday, His last words were, 'It is finished' {John 19:30.}

The Greek word He used?

Tetelestai

The exact same word the baker used to say that a customer's debt was finished, had been paid in full.  The giving of His life on the cross through the blood He shed testifies even today that the debt we owe for our sins has been paid in full.

Yes, paid in full.  

Linda

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