Did Paul lie or do I misunderstand him?

We all know the great commission in Mark 16:15 "He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.'"

In Matthew 24:14 we see a promise of timing of Yeshua's return which is paralleled with Mark 16: "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."

Matthew 10:23 then makes the location that will be preached in even smaller: “When they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Now we see Paul's report of where the Gospel has been preached in:

Colossians 1:23 "If you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant."

- Paul mentions that the Gospel has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven.

Romans 10:18 "But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: 'Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.'"

- This verse echoes Psalm 19:4 and emphasizes the widespread dissemination of the message.

Did Paul therefore teach of a different Gospel to what Yeshua instructed His disciples to teach and reported back on that?

Or, hasn't the Gospel been preached in all of #israel as Matthew 10 says "you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes"?

Or, do we totally misunderstand what both Yeshua and Paul were saying? 😖

#greatcommission #matthew24 #endtimes

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