24:14 gospel of the kingdom. “The gospel of the kingdom” is simply “the gospel,” as it is recorded in the parallel account in Mark 13:10. The commission to His followers by Christ was to “preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15) and to “be witnesses unto me…unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8). This has not yet been accomplished, so not yet has “the end come.” Through the worldwide missionary movement and the global preaching of the gospel by radio and literature, it must be close.