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but a physical Kingdom will not be established until Christ returns and sets His throne in Jerusalem.

This notion, like many of the other flawed ideas of dispensationalism, is not taught in the Bible.

The Bible teaches that the next event on our eschatological horizon is the second coming, the “day of the Lord,” and then is the new heavens and new earth. There is no possible of an intervening “millennial/physical kingdom” in Jerusalem or any place else.

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (2 Peter 3)

There is no room in this passage, or any other passage, for any pre-eternity physical kingdom after Christ’s return. The “day of the Lord” is a day of judgment and ushering in of eternity. Such was the expectation of the apostolic church.

Then how do you explain the contents of Revelation 20? It specifically deals with the first resurrection of the dead, the 1,000 year reign of Christ and the Great White Throne Judgment. It specifically mentions that Satan will be loosed upon the Earth to tempt the nations into rebellion against God once again. It specifically states that the Beast and the False Prophet are already in the Lake of Fire when God casts Satan into it.

How do you explain this passage, if there is no 1,000 year reign of Christ?

Rev 20:7-10 KJV - “[7] And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, [8] And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. [9] And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. [10] And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”