Hey, I'm Pete. I have this idea about the Gospel:

That Jesus God really did "rise after three days," but as a Book. Like, in us, when we started to tell the story. "The body of Christ"

So what is the Gospel, it's the story of what Jesus taught and did, about God coming to Earth:

• Walk the extra mile with a fella 👣,
• the bread of life 🍞,
• love your neighbor as yourself (as fam, fam) ♡,
• turn a spare cheek or three 🕊️,
• a foundation on rock 🪨,
• a lamp hidden under a bowl 🕯️,
• the friendly stranger, the good Samaritan 🫂,
• faith of a mustard seed 🌱...

God comes as a teacher, a gift. As forgiveness. A merry Christmas 🎄🌟, a happy Easter 🐰🐣✝️; a north star. A beacon to teach and to build, to love one another like old family. A bedrock, an anchor.

Not armed, not as a king; as a teacher dying side-saddle on a donkey in pre-history, so we'd understand.

So then He goes, but He goes right on, in us, as this story we tell and these lessons. This church every week. "The body of Christ"

So in this one way, the Second Coming already happened a few days later, if ya see :)

tetelestai - "it is accomplished," so the man says.

🙂✝️❤️🕊️