"It is finished!" Jesus cried triumphantly from the cross. He was proclaiming to his father that everything that was required to complete the new covenant was accomplished. Jesus, through his unblemished life and total obedience to the father, completed all the requirements given to him, and so declared his part finished. The father would demonstrate that he accepted Christ's sacrifice for all sin by raising him from the dead. God fully accepted his son's sacrifice and established the covenant for all eternity.