At the Cross, Jesus victoriously proclaimed “It is finished,” and at the Resurrection He declared, “There is hope,” so that at Pentecost the Holy Spirit could reveal “It has begun.” Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection was for the purpose of “making all things new.” Ultimately all of creation, being redeemed by His blood, will be made new.
Rev. 21: 5, “And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the LORD; so shall your descendants and your name remain (Isaiah 66:22). But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home (2 Peter 3:13).”
According to these verses the very Heavens and Earth will be made new, yet the apex of His finished work began at Pentecost when The Holy Spirit invaded human beings bringing about a whole “new humanity” with Christ-likeness as their identity and destiny.
2 Cor. 5:17, ”Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”
Gal. 6: 14, “But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.”
As Christians we are “The Beginning,” and “The Masterpiece” of His work of renewal; and the Heavens and Earth themselves will be recreated to be a fitting place for this new humanity. Everything starts at the infilling of the Holy Spirit, in light of Jesus declaring it is finished at Calvary. Jesus died for us (it is finished) so that risen from the dead He could come (there is hope) live in us; and at Pentecost that hope is made real to us (it has begun).
The season of Lent isn’t just a renewed journey that ends on Easter Sunday; it is a renewed journey that begins on Pentecost Sunday.