The dispensationalist hermeneutic colors how dispensationalists understand the Gospels as well. This is especially true of the parables of the kingdom found in Matthew 13.[4] According to dispensationalists, Jesus came to earth, bringing an offer of God’s long-anticipated theocratic kingdom to the Jews, who tragically rejected their own Messiah. God then turned to dealing with the Gentiles, making the church age a parenthesis of sorts.
