We do not see literal interpretations from the basis of how words are used today, but how they were used in the day when they were written. God deals with men in dispensations. In fact, Paul makes it clear that justification by faith in Jesus Christ is based upon the Covenant of Faith and the Promise to Abraham. Apocalyptic literature is usually written at times when people are under great persecution. The themes usually have to do with the struggle between Good and evil, and the overcoming of evil by Good.
Apocalyptic literature is full of symbolic language.
That does not mean that one interprets the other. That is SICK, my friends. So, they conclude that the Church age is an interlude until the Jews wake up and accept the Kingdom of God with Jesus as their literal King. In the first place, Christians believe that Jesus is the center of God's plan, not an ethnic group. The Church is God's Eternal plan in Christ Jesus.