Of course the "no end in sight" only applies to some dispensationalists. The date setters like Hal Lindsey and Chuck Smith had the details all worked out, based on the 1948 start date, Israel being the "fig tree", and the "literal" meaning of "this generation". Jesus would return in 1988. We all know that now.
Assuming your 1948 date is biblically significant (questionable), and with the great majority of Jews living in Israel presently being in unbelief regarding Jesus the Messiah, how long can they continue in this state? Does the Bible require that Jesus return within a certain period of time, or can this all go on for generation after generation (assuming Israel is not overrun by Arabs and destroyed)?
Has anyone noticed that this year, 2007, was the revised year for Jesus’ return, based on the new dispensational date of 1967, the Israeli-Arab War?
Does anyone know what the date setters in dispensationalism are using as the new and improved date for Jesus’ return based on 1948/1967 scenario? Or have they finally given up trying to take the fig tree image and “this generation” in Matthew 24 literally? Or are they quietly suggesting that maybe the significance of secular Israel being politically organized in 1948 was overblown by some of their comrades?