He completed his work - ת

"It is finished!" Was the last declaration of Jesus on the cross. This was a declaration that he had fulfilled the will of the Father in the flesh ם and in the spirit ס.

Various answers from various authors:

The work Jesus was sent to do was to “seek and save that which is lost” (Luke 19:10) was done

Provide atonement for the sins of all who would ever believe in Him (Romans 3:23-25) was finished

Reconcile sinful men to a holy God.

The debt owed the Father was wiped away.

The fulfillment of all Old Testament prophecies, symbols, and foreshadowings of the coming Messiah

The sufferings Jesus endured while on the earth were at last over.

God’s will for Jesus was accomplished in His perfect obedience to the Father

The power of sin and Satan was finished.

Though he did finish those things, if those were the only things he did, the it was NOT finished. No man has seen or heard God, so it was the purpose of the Son, in everything he did, to make the Father known. His revelation of the Father was finished.

The tov ת is the last letter of the traditional 22 letter alphabet. We still have six more to go. It is drawn with a rosh ר representing the revelation of God, with a vav ן on the left returning to God. The revelation has done its work by creating a distinct word (represented by the vav) spontaneously returning to God. This is the praise of his people expressed from their hearts.

Ps 22:3 But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel. (Israel means 'Man Is יש joined by revelation r ר to God el אל.

This is the final purpose of it all; that we praise God and give him thanks.

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