It is finished!

Let's say at the grocery store you shop at they let you have an account and at the end of the month you pay it off. That would be an interesting way to keep track of your food budget. I think on Little House on the Prairie they did that. And when you pay your bill off they mark it "paid in full."

I heard a preacher once who said in the original language the phrase "it is finished" would have been the same as "paid in full". That it would be what they would stamp on your bill after you have paid off your debt. I think that is a beautiful description of what Jesus was saying as he breathed his last breath and said those words. Our debt was paid in full. We owed nothing more. The account was closed. Finished.