[JAKraig]

Surprising many of these do not mention the very words that Christ uttered himself which were the most profound: “It is finished”.

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I feel I must say a few words about this. The Savior, Jesus Christ when He said it was finished was not referring to his life being at an end. He was referring to the plan of salvation that required Him to pay the price for all of our sins. He suffered so much pain in the Garden that He sweat blood and on the cross He suffered the final punishment that we all deserve, death. He was simply mentioning that finally, He had paid the price and now all men that choose to can be redeemed. Praise be to God and The Son for the wonderful work that saves all of us.

[atc23]

So what happened to all the people that died before Jesus?

[BiglyCommentary]

Note I said what he said was the most "profound", so why would you think I was just stating he was proclaiming his life over, something obvious to all at that point?

For humans the profound thing is in the words of Paul, is that they finished the race, not they did good deeds, or started the race and dropped out. Christ's race finishing point was to be the final perfect sacrifice (unblemished white lamb) for the atonement of sin.

[mosesdapoet]

Re your post 15;
Before passing Our Lord and Savior was reported saying’
“Father forgive them for they know what they do”