Matthew 24:14 (NKJV)

Matthew 24:14 (NKJV)

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

This gospel of the kingdom: The final evidence of the end times is the universal proclamation of the gospel. The antecedent of “this” must be v. 13. The “gospel” (literally, “good news”) is that the final holocaust of the Great Tribulation known as Armageddon will not result in a genocide and the destruction of all people, for the Lord Jesus Christ will intervene bringing an end to the destruction and preserve a people for His kingdom on earth. It seems this will be accomplished by the 144,000 from Israel who are sealed and are described in Rev. 7:4–8. The innumerable polyglot multitude referred to in Rev. 7:9, 10 seems to be the result of the ministry of the 144,000. This in no way contradicts Paul’s statement about “another gospel,” for there he discusses no other means of redemption (Gal. 1:6–10).