The problem with dispensationalism, is that it is so new, and so focused on us, instead of the the people the bible was written to.
It has been made up by people without a clue what the Bible says.
Case in point. What do dispies say about our time? Something about being the last generation, on the basis of Israel being a nation, even though much more than a generation has passed since Partition. Let's look at what the Bible says about end times.
Matt 24 - a great chapter on end times, you will agree?
It starts with Jesus talking about one thing!
"As Jesus left and was going out of the temple complex, His disciples came up and called His attention to the temple buildings. 2 Then He replied to them, “Don’t you see all these things? I assure you: Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!” Matt 24:1-2
So the chapter starts with Jesus coming out of the temple complex and saying to his disciples that the temple was going to be thrown down, every single stone. We all know when that happened, it was 70 AD, and not only was every rock in the temple thrown down, all of Jerusalem was destroyed.
So, Jesus continues talking to his disciples, who ask him about this.
"While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?” Matt 24:3
So Jesus answer is to tell them all the things that are going to happen, leading up to 70 AD. He doesn't even begin to talk about his 2nd coming. He talks about Israel being destroyed. In fact, he doesn't even begin to talk about his second coming and only briefly in 24:29-31
Dispensationalist take all these "this generation" - meaning the generation of the birth of the church and the disciples, to mean after Israel is re-established almost 2000 years later. Do you think the disciples were really asking him about some long distant future event (let's not even pretend to call 2000 years a week, ok?) when he was just talking about the temple being razed by Titus in 70 AD.
So, why do I think this? Well, because Jesus, after some back and forth, concerning his coming, and the present times, goes right back to the TRIBULATION! Well, you must recognize that important sign, right Kayla?
And when will this tribulation happen?
"I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place." Matt 24:34.
So which generation, ours, or theirs? To understand this, you need to understand and important device of both Hebrew and Greek speech, called a chiasm. I talked about this somewhere else recently.
Basically, you can not look at chapter 24 of Matthew, and say that he starts now and progresses rapidly to some end times tribulation in our day, and then his return, and everything after that is after he returns. Instead, the chiasm starts with fact A, then fact B, then fact C, then fact D, then fact C1 which is in someway similar to C, then B1, someway similar to B, then A1, somehow similar to A. And the D, in the middle, is the most important part.
A
___B
_____C
_______D
_____C1
___B1
A1
Or you could have a simpler version like this.
A
___B
_____C
___B1
A1
The middle step is the most important. And for me, that looks like 24:29-31. And this is not mathematics, there may be a step missing, or something not quite matching. It is a poetic device.
A lot of talk, all to say, that if the Jews get yet another chance, after they failed to receive him before the crucifixion, why would God wait 2000 years? Or, if they get another chance, is God that unfair, that only these people, who may or may not (likely not!) be descended from Abraham get to be rebellious another 2000 years, and then when there is no choice, they "get" to believe in Christ? That is just such fantasy and so unscriptural!
So, am I being anti-Semitic, to say that the Jews had 1500 years of time to believe God and obey him, and many did not. When Jesus (a Jew) appeared in Palestine, and they rejected him, AGAIN, do they really get another chance?
My suggestion is to read the Old Testament KG. Look for God's grace, compared to the surrounding cultures, who had no idea what to do to appease their gods. They were desperate people in a hostile world with capricious gods. The Jews were BLESSED with grace, and YHVH, called them, delivered them out of Egypt, helped them conquer Israel, even when they did not obey his commands and do it correctly for their own good, even when they continued to follow false gods, (the dead ones, with blind eyes, and no hearing!) and when the prophets warned them over and over and over (God's grace again!!) they kept going their own way, killing the prophets and then God's Son!
I do want the people now known as the Jews to have a home, because of what WWII did to them. But, is this the sign of the end, or was the fall of the temple the end of the old age, and the real beginning in fullness of the Kingdom of God? I think you know my answer! There is no Plan B for the Jews!