Matthew 3:1-3, What Is the Gospel?

In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’”
Matthew 3:1-3

Before Yeshua (aka Jesus) had even begun his ministry, John the Baptist was preaching the Gospel.

Isn't the Gospel, "Jesus died for your sins?" How could John, Yeshua, and the Disciples have preached the Gospel before the cross?

That's part of it, but it's much more than that. As soon as John was imprisoned, Yeshua took over where he left off...

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Mark 1:14-15

Isaiah 40, 52, 60, and 61 all talk about the Gospel, or the "Good News", and define it as God's presence among his people Israel, the repentance and restoration of the nation of Israel to righteousness and the land, the healing of the sick and the liberation of the oppressed. All of these things are just as much a part of the Gospel as the death and resurrection of Yeshua.

From Jay Carper at http://www.AmericanTorah.com .

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