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Matthew chapter 24 verse 14

and this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a

testimony to all nations and then the end will come. This verse is a promise. It's not even a command so we see

the command later in Matthew go make disciples of all nations. That's not what this is. This is a promise that that is going to happen.

That the gospel is going to go throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations and then

the end will come. Now there's a lot of debate around what does it what does that mean

then the end will come and my purpose in these couple minutes is not

to dive into that debate but to cause us to realize that no matter where you land on

a debate about how this or that works in the end

we know where it's all headed.

Revelation 5, Revelation 7 make clear that there's coming a day when people from

every nation, tribe, and tongue are going to gather around the throne of God and sing

praises to him. This gospel of the kingdom will have been proclaimed throughout the

whole world as a testimony to all the nations and the end will have come.

So what do we pray now?

Oh, we pray God, bring that about.

Bring about the fulfillment of that promise.

I think about today, as far as we know, as best as we know right now,

there are still over 6,000 people groups, ethnic groups, nations in that sense in the world today who have little to know knowledge of the gospel.

Now people say, well, are you saying then that

Jesus couldn't come back tomorrow because

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