truth vs. benefits of the gospel

This is nuanced description of the gospel that came as a response to a recent post by Scot McKnight.

…the announced gospel is all about God becoming King through Jesus the “Christ.” Picture the invasion, the battle and the victory of the resurrection.  Jesus ascends and is installed as King of Kings and Lord of Lords and in that exaltation liberally gives out the spoils of war. The Gospel *to be declared* is the Victory Won; the benefits of the gospel received by humanity are the spoils of war. The Gospel then is all about God in Christ and we humans don’t enter the benefits of the gospel victory until we repent of any form of self-salvation and believe the Gospel announcement that the Messiah got the job done. The Gospel is good news whether anyone ever believes it or not. [John Fry]

What do you think?