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

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

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 ♡,
• 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. A bedrock, an anchor, a church bell ringing across time.

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

So then He goes, but we start telling the story, being there in his stead. He came right back as us, in that way, as this story we tell and these lessons. "The body of Christ."

So in this one way, the Second Coming already happened a few days later! ✝️💓🕊️