“You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. “Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:6-14
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"You" will hear of wars and rumors of wars. The "you" was Jesus' first century audience, not us. They would be killed and hated, they would see false prophets, ect. In the previous chapter Jesus was teaching in the Temple and told the Jewish leaders that judgement was going to fall on that generation for their murder of righteous people, including Jesus' disciples (killed and hated). He then leaves and in 24:1-2, He tells His disciples that the Temple will be destroyed. His disciples ask when these things will happen, the sign of Jesus coming in said judgement, and the end of the age. His disciple were connecting the destruction of the Temple with the end of the age, the old covenant age that was symbolized by the Temple. This was fulfilled circa A.D. 70 when Jerusalem, the Temple, and the Judean countryside were destroyed when Jesus came in judgement for the murder by the Jews of every righteous person of all time back to Abel. He used the Romans as His proxy army, just like God used various nations armies in the OT.
As far as the Good News being preached in the whole world before the end of the Temple age in A.D. 70. Colossians 1:23 ...The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it. Paul wrote Colossians 60-62 A.D. So by A.D. 62, the gospel had been preached in the whole world.
All of this was a first century event. Verse 34: This generation will not pass till all these things take place.
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