So from your response, that world means Roman empire, God isn't going to judge the "World", just the Roman empire. I guess that would mean that the people everywhere that should repent should only be in the Roman empire.
Now lets look at Psalm 19:4 which you correctly point out that Paul quoted in Romans 10:18. But better yet, lets look into broader context of Psalm 19, so we can really see what point David was making, and thereby also Paul.
But first, one thing, Davids time was 200 YEARS BEFORE the Roman empire arrived. So obviously David WASN'T talking of the Roman empire.
Now to Psalm 19: 1-6 1The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
2Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge.
3There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is not heard.
4Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their utterances to the end of the world In them He has placed a tent for the sun,
5Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.
6Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
The Psalmist is talking of the vastness of the glory of Gods handywork. Across the heavens, and through all the earth.
Since Paul is quoting this verse, one would have to assume he was MEANING its context also. Well its quite obvious that the context of the whole world means THE WHOLE WORLD, and since David isn't talking about the Roman empire, because its not in existance yet, one would NATURALLY assume that Paul was talking about THE WHOLE WORLD.
And seeing that Strongs gives definitions including AND OTHER THAN, the Roman empire, we have to look at those possible meanings. And since one of those other meanings is THE WHOLE WORLD, and that appears to be the context of what Paul quoted, the natural assumption would be that is what Paul meant.
“So from your response, that world means Roman empire, God isn’t going to judge the “World”, just the Roman empire.”
No. It means Paul used the word he knew his audience would understand. He wasn’t talking to us. He was talking to Greeks in Athens almost 2,000 years ago.
“Davids time was 200 YEARS BEFORE the Roman empire arrived. So obviously David WASN’T talking of the Roman empire.”
David wasn’t, but again: Paul used the words the readers in the Roman church would understand.
Paul wasn’t writing the New Testament. None of the NT writers were. They were writing to the people and churches in their time. It’s arrogant to presume that everything written in the Bible was meant solely for and specifically about 21st century Christians living in America: this nation didn’t even exist when the Bible was being put together!
So when you interpret the Bible, the first thing you have to do is look at the writer’s audience: to whom was the author writing and for what purpose. Substituting the world as we know it for the world as they knew it leads to all kinds of errors, like the one that sees Matthew 24:14 as pertaining to us. It doesn’t. It never has.
Now, while I’m on the subject of busting some myths here, understand this: Christ’s earthly ministry wasn’t intended for 21st century Americans living in America. He said He had come to save the lost sheep of Israel. In fact, He made it clear why He was sent to the Jews on several occasions.
We - as those branches “grafted into Israel” reap the benefits of the promise, but Christ didn’t raise a lament over New York, Paris, or Moscow: He raised it over Jerusalem because He knew that the Jews’ rejection of Him would lead to its destruction and desolation.
Matthew 24 starts in Matthew 23. Read it in context.
WONDERFUL. THX.