Jesus’s Life and Ministry: A Complete Waste of Time

Jesus was the Messiah who came in fulfillment of the Old Covenant prophecies to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom, announce it was here today, and show us what life in that Kingdom should look like. Unfortunately it was a total waste of time.

All this talk about the Gospel of the Kingdom was simply to illustrate how impossible it was to live this way. Sure, He did it, but he was God and we’re not.

So, for 3 long years Jesus traveled the countryside preaching and teaching about the Good News of the Kingdom which he knew all along was a complete sham.

Weirdly enough, even after he was crucified and rose from the dead, he kept on talking about this empty promise of God’s Kingdom on earth and then told his Disciples to go out and continue preaching it after he ascended.

Luckily, a few years after all of this going through the motions, Jesus appeared to Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee who was hell-bent on killing or arresting as many Christians as possible. That’s when he finally revealed the ACTUAL Gospel message to everyone.

Unfortunately, this guy Saul [later the Apostle Paul], waited another 3 years in Damascus making tents and hanging out before he eventually decided he should probably tell other people what this Gospel really was.

Here’s the weird part: Paul only told the Christians in Corinth what this Gospel was in a letter he sent to them.

What’s also really weird is that those early Christians compiled the life and teachings of Jesus in a series of books they called “The Gospels” – even though they knew that Jesus really never shared the actual “Gospel” in those books [Matthew, Mark, Luke and John].

Luckily for us, even though the message and ministry and life of Jesus was a complete waste of time, he at least made sure to die for everyone on the cross so we could all be “saved.” So, that’s a relief.

Isn’t it strange that Jesus would spend 3 years preaching a message about the Good News of the Kingdom that he knew all along would never come and couldn’t possibly be realized?

And isn’t it odd that Jesus would send out the Disciples to keep on preaching it after he rose from the dead?

Isn’t it even weirder that someone would write all of this down and call it “The Gospel” when they knew it wasn’t the Gospel?

Isn’t it especially strange that Paul would be the only one to get this “Gospel” message and then only tell us what it is in this one paragraph of 1 Corinthians?

Wow. I guess God really does work in mysterious ways, huh?

So, hopefully by now you’ve caught on to the fact that this entire post so far is completely facetious and tongue-in-cheek.

If not, let me assure you: This is NOT what I believe.

HOWEVER….this sort of thing above is actually what many Christians in America believe. [No, seriously].

I posted something last week on my Facebook page about how Jesus would have been shocked to find out that people would call themselves “Christians” and ignore his Sermon on the Mount. What followed was the most wackadoodle gobledeegook theology I’ve ever heard in my life. [See above for examples].

For the record: The Gospel is what Jesus said it was. It’s found in the Gospels: especially in Matthew, Mark, Luke and also John.

Also for the record, the Gospel found in those Gospels, from the mouth of Jesus, is the SAME GOSPEL that Paul preached. How do we know?

Well, take a look for yourself:

Jesus talks about the Gospel of the Kingdom all throughout his ministry, for example:

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand.” – Mark 1:15