14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
During the ceremony for the fallen, while Billy Graham was speaking and preached the Gospel, one of the commentators mentioned that the broadcast was being beamed to every nation of the world, in a first. And Ingtar pondered these things in his heart.
So the “end of the world” (as translated in english) was really referring to what happened in 70 AD
I have to admit that one thing that throws me is where, in the OT the phrase “for the time is short” is used. Way back in the day I used to apply the ol “A day is as a thousand years...” thinking but, as I study scripture more and more, I realize that this is human language making a warning to human beings.
So “the time is short” meant what it said, in human terms. It means that anything it was referring to is not something we should still be waiting for to happen over two thousand years later. He was talking about something that happened soon after the words were penned.
Paul did always seem to be talking as though the “end of the world” was upon them. And in a real sense, it was. This is why he said “don’t get married” at that time. It would be like getting married in Warsaw in Summer of 1939.
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
As attention is increasingly being turned to these subjects and to this chapter of scripture, it would be fitting to take into consideration the larger context of the teaching of Matthew 24, and consider all else in the light if it.
Buildings = Establishments. The living parable of the throwing down of the global political Establishment is a warning to the religious Establishment. Settled doctrines... until they are thrown down. It's a major theme of the NT.