“20th century...and not all evangelicals today believe in Zionism. These may back Israel politically since she became a nation, but don’t believe her return was prophesied in the Bible.”
Jesus said:
Luk_21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Presumably, Jerusalem will cease to be trodden down by the gentiles “when the times of the gentiles” are fulfilled.
In many ways, though, Jerusalem is still “trodden down” insomuch that the Muzzies still control the Temple Mount and all the world meddles in their affairs as bombs still continue to go off.
Does islam cause desolation? Look at how it ravages nations.
The abomination that causes desolation stands in mockery today.
They have sown hellfire for 1400 years now. Harvest time is coming soon.
Paul here is emphasizing that the earthly Jerusalem is in slavery...i.e. the law is insufficient and brings only slavery. The heavenly Jerusalem for which one must have faith is the one to be believed in. The heavenly Jerusalem is the real fulfillment of Isaac birthed from Sarah...the child of promise.
Physical Jerusalem will continue to be trodden down until the end because it is an earthly city just as all the others. Many believe that when Jesus talks of the times of the Gentiles being fulfilled (that era being the expansion from the Old Covenant under the Jews to the New Covenant to the rest of mankind) is the time of the end.