Good afternoon, Pastor John,
I hope all are healthy and well.
With the recent escalations in Israel, I have been seeing an uptick of “talk”. When things escalate, I sometimes like to read through and keep myself on track as to where we are timewise. I have some questions below. I pasted the scriptures from myPJV app, and I don’t know how to correct the font in my phone. Sorry about that if it looks messy.
In Matthew 24:9, Jesus says “After that, they’ll turn you over to persecution, and they’ll kill you; you’ll be hated by all nations because of my name.” I know eventually all of God’s people will be persecuted. In this scripture, is Jesus specifically talking about the Jews in Israel as a nation, since this was prior to the holy Ghost being poured out on Gentiles? Or was Jesus talking about Israel in a spiritual sense, meaning us with the holy Ghost?
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This is prophecy, Margo, of the time at the end, and it has to do only with people who belong to Jesus.
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In Matthew 24:14, Jesus says “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the earth for a witness to all nations, and then, the end will come.” Over the years, I never really gave it much thought. We know that Christian doctrine has been spread throughout nations, and it is obviously not what Jesus was talking about when he says, “this gospel”. When Jesus says, “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached,” would he be referencing that the holy Ghost baptism is the new birth? Or am I missing something Jesus is trying to say there?
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Jesus means that, and whatever other truth is in his gospel, which Christians are not preaching anywhere that I can find. They have their religion, and Jesus has his.
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I have been going back and listening to the final weeks of your teaching series on Matthew this morning (at TheSpiritIstheWitness YouTube channel), but still had these questions. 
I appreciate any thoughts Jesus has given you on these scriptures.
Thank you,
Margo