What did the Apostles proclaim when Christ sent them out? (Luke 9)

[Petros2015]

9 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt. 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” 6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

What was the good news? They were not preaching Christ's death and resurrection - he had not died yet. They were not proclaiming Jesus as the Christ for "21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone."

So what was the good news that was preached? Reconcilliation with God as Father? Repentence and baptism? Worship 'in spirit and in truth'?

I'm just curious - if we had a transcript of the Apostles proclaiming the good news that the kingdom of God was at hand, how do you think it would read? We know that Christ baptized in John 3

26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”

Any thoughts on this? If you were hearing the good news, and Christ had not died yet, and Christ was not proclaiming himself as Christ... what exactly were you hearing? What was the good news. Sum it up.

 

[HTacianas]

It was the restoration of Israel as a nation. Imagine for a minute what would have happened had the Jews crowned Jesus king. Judaism would be as powerful as christianity is today. Imagine the power of the church centered in Jerusalem.

 

[Ken Rank]

9 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt. 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” 6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

What was the good news? They were not preaching Christ's death and resurrection - he had not died yet. They were not proclaiming Jesus as the Christ for "21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone."

So what was the good news that was preached? Reconcilliation with God as Father? Repentence and baptism? Worship 'in spirit and in truth'?

I'm just curious - if we had a transcript of the Apostles proclaiming the good news that the kingdom of God was at hand, how do you think it would read? We know that Christ baptized in John 3

26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”

Any thoughts on this? If you were hearing the good news, and Christ had not died yet, and Christ was not proclaiming himself as Christ... what exactly were you hearing? What was the good news. Sum it up.

Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

That is what Messiah preached... that was the core, the center or foundation from which he spoke. I see no reason to think those who followed him and followed the example he set for them, preached anything else. There is a kingdom coming, there are those in the nations who need to repent and return to God. That was his message, that was their message, and it should be our message.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Acts 3: 21


(the) "........... restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began."

 

[Wordkeeper]

9 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt. 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” 6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

What was the good news? They were not preaching Christ's death and resurrection - he had not died yet. They were not proclaiming Jesus as the Christ for "21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone."

So what was the good news that was preached? Reconcilliation with God as Father? Repentence and baptism? Worship 'in spirit and in truth'?

I'm just curious - if we had a transcript of the Apostles proclaiming the good news that the kingdom of God was at hand, how do you think it would read? We know that Christ baptized in John 3

26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”

Any thoughts on this? If you were hearing the good news, and Christ had not died yet, and Christ was not proclaiming himself as Christ... what exactly were you hearing? What was the good news. Sum it up.

The message was for Jews. Gentiles were not eligible for it's blessings. You have to understand that no body in the world had answers that gave hope, except the Jews:

Ephesians 2
11Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— 12remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

1 Thessalonians 14
13Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.

Basically, the apostles announced that what God had promised to Abraham was about to happen:

Luke 11
20But if I am casting out demons by the power of God, then the Kingdom of God has arrived among you.

 

[paul1149]

If you were hearing the good news, and Christ had not died yet, and Christ was not proclaiming himself as Christ... what exactly were you hearing? What was the good news.

Interesting question. Though they perhaps didn't proclaim Jesus as messiah yet (the prohibition not to do so came later), the disciples nonetheless went town to town in His name. When asked who they were, they naturally would have responded, disciples of Jesus. They would have performed the healings that they had been empowered to do, and they would have explained from whom they received this power.

Though it wasn't official yet, I can't imagine that suspicions were not rampant that Jesus was indeed the Christ. Nothing like this had ever been seen before. The disciples also would doubtless have conveyed to their hearers what they had seen Jesus doing, and that would have included the big one, forgiving sin. The Jews were adamant that only God could forgive sin, so in doing so Jesus was claiming a special and unique position in God. So the discussion of the forgiveness of sin would lead directly to considering whether Jesus was messiah.

I see these circuits as an evangelism of a proto-Gospel not quite fully manifest as yet. But even in the form it was in it prepared the people for the full revelation, which was to come not long after, and it was invaluable hand-on experience for the disciples.