After the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled, explain Cyril and Theophylact, the end times simply commence. It really can’t be argued that Jesus says anything more than this.17 Nevertheless, Luke 21:24 becomes for Alnor an example of the “clear” teaching of Jesus that “Israel would be reborn” in 1948. What leads him to such a strained interpretation of this verse is his denial that the Church is the remnant of true Israel, forcing him to find allusions to a future national Israel in the New Testament.