what is the good news?

i guess it depends on who you talk with. but for jesus, what was "the good news?" let me think off the cuff here; it could not have been his dying on the cross, because in the writings of mark (16:15) jesus sends out the disciples to "go into the world. go everywhere and announce the message of God's good news to one and all." so, because jesus was alive at the time, it could not be his death. what was the "good news?"

i think it was that God loves us and wants a relationship with us.