Mat 24:14 | TNotes | STEP | 24:14 throughout the whole world: This anticipates the expansive Gentile mission (see 21:43 ; 28:16-20 ). There will be a delay prior to the end , however short or long, during which the Good News will spread significantly throughout the nations. • The end will be signaled by a “sacrilegious object” (24:15 ), furious persecution (24:16-28 ), and finally the sign of the Son of Man (24:29-31 ).

c28:16-20►

e24:16-28►

f24:29-31►

‏ Matthew 24:14

24:14 ^a throughout the whole world: This anticipates the expansive Gentile mission (see 21:43 ^b; 28:16-20 ^c). There will be a delay prior to the end, however short or long, during which the Good News will spread significantly throughout the nations.

• The end will be signaled by a “sacrilegious object” (24:15 ^d), furious persecution (24:16-28 ^e), and finally the sign of the Son of Man (24:29-31 ^f).