And that's it??? That's what you wasted all the ink about???
Actually Dispensationalists believe the Scriptures...So what do the scriptures say??? Apparently you don't know...
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Til what be fulfilled??? The making of a State in 1948??? Of course not...
Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
And Jesus said, these things will take place 40 years after 1948.
Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no Preterist nor A-Millennial deceive you.
Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mat 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass,
but the end is not yet.
Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Mat 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Then read the rest of that chapter...
1Th 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1Th 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1Th 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1Th 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Now here's an interesting tidbit...We are told we will know the times and seasons of Jesus' return yet, there is a group who will not know...
Act 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Act 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
One group of people will not know the times and seasons of the Lord's return but another group will...And what group is that???
Act 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
And of course the Rapture comes before the return of the Lord...
It does appear however that the Kingdom was at least partially restored in 1948...But that has nothing to do with the timing of the Rapture or the 2nd Coming, except to say that the Nation of Israel had to again exist before the other events can take place...
The 'this generation' of Matthew has to do with seeing the signs of the times and seasons, not the restoration of Israel in 1948...
23:24 can be interpreted as the prophecy regarding the destruction of Jerusalem, it did fall in the lifetime of those whom he was speaking to.
Classic. Thanks