The Gospel was Proclaimed to the Whole World Before AD 70 … the Requirement for “the end” was Fulfilled in the 1st Century
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If you check the Greek, you’ll notice that Paul covers every word possible (roots listed):
oikoumene
ktisis
ethnos
ge
“First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world [kosmos].”
– Romans 1:8, AD 56-58
“But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth [ge], and their words to the ends of the world [oikoumene].”
– Romans 10:18, AD 60-62
“Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations [ethnos], according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith-to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.”
– Romans 16:25-27, AD 60-62
“if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation [ktisis] under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.”
– Colossians 1:23, AD 60-62
“Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations [ethnos], believed on in the world [kosmos], taken up in glory.”
– 1 Timothy 3:16, AD 60-62
After preaching both in the east and west, [Paul] gained the illustrious reputation due to his faith, having taught righteousness to the whole world, and come to the extreme limit of the west, and suffered martyrdom under the prefects. Thus was he removed from the world, and went into the holy place, having proved himself a striking example of patience.
⁃ 1st Clement, early AD 60’s
“Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again
… broke out not only in Judæa, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular …
Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind.
– Tacitus, Annals XV.44, on the events of the AD 60’s, just after the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64