Signs of the End Times No teaching appears to have challenged the status quo on the signs of the end times as has Preterism. As more people become aware of it, more literature and speeches begin to reflect this pendulum swing in the right direction. In time, this can only mean that more people will understand the true significance of the Old Covenant promises and the new people of God. It is the common belief of Dispensational Premillennialism that the state of Israel is the fulfillment of prophecy. Signs of the End Times Slight of Hand In John Hagee's "In Defense of Israel, p. ...