Jesus states the kingdom would be taken away from unfaithful Israel when vineyard owner COMES. Once it is taken away from them, it is given to the saints.
Matthew 21:40-41,43-44 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they declared, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.” Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
k He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
I think you're right here: Here is another passage that parallels this one.
"Dispensation" in the Greek literally means "house steward"
Luke 16 - "dispensation" is used in a parable about an unfaithful servant. Now this parable is interesting because this servant is afraid that the Lord is going to take his stewardship (dispensation) away. He is the steward of the house at current; but he's about to be replaced by someone else.
1. And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy dispensation; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the dispensation:I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the dispensation, they may receive me into their houses.
5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much do you owe to my lord?
6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7 Then said he to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take your bill, and write fourscore.
8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it.
17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
18 Whosoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whosoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery.
So what does this mean? The "dispensation" (stewardship) of the household of God passed from Old Testament to New Testament. Note it's the same household; it's just something different has come into play here, so therefore the steward is replaced.
Note verse 9. Jesus is talking to his disciples. He tells them "make friends of the mammon of unrighteousness FOR WHEN YOU FAIL, they may receive you into everlasting habitations."
So, who did the 12 primarily preach to post resurrection? Remember Peter was the "apostle to the circumcision". Who was the "apostle to the uncircumcision" (Paul). What happened when the Old Testament system was dismantled? Who absorbed the Jewish believers? (The gentile believers.)
Now what do you suppose the "unrighteous mammon" was as it related to the Old Testament system? The "shadow of things to come". The animal sacrifice system that was about to be dismantled. It was a theocratic political / social system. And because the kingdom of God is not of this world; this is why that system was dismantled.
Note verses 16-18. The law and the prophets were up until John: since that time (the point John came on the scene preaching "repent for the kingdom of God is at hand". Both John and Jesus use the terms "Kingdom of God" and "Kingdom of heaven" interchangeably.) Yet since John, the kingdom is preached. And EVERY man presses into it.
It's easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Note that after this; Jesus makes this statement about divorce. Why do you suppose he throws that in here? Because God is "divorcing" Himself from that system. Note the law is still "in effect" because it is what condemns those under it for their sin. (We are all condemned by the moral law; thus the reason we need the Redeemer in the first place.)
So if you "pick up" that system again; you are committing adultery against God with a system He has divorced. Now the first part of that phrase; did God put away His "wife" - the elect? No He didn't. Those who believed, regardless of what side of the cross they lived on, remained attached to Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:17 - 18 "For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, the stewardship of the gospel is committed unto me.
18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
Those who "stewarded" the Old Testament system were supported by it. This is the point about unrighteous greed (And also the point Paul made about having a means of support outside of the church. I.E. Paul made tents for a living.)
Ephesians 1:10 "That in the stewardship of the fulness (sum up) of times (plural - two times - probably 2000 years), He might gather together in one - all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him:"
Ephesians 3:2 "If you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which is given me toward you." (Verse 1 - he is addressing gentiles.)
Colossians 1:25 "Whereof I am made a minister, according to the stewardship of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God;"
1 Timothy 1:4 "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than Godly stewardship which is in faith: so do."
All these verses "the stewardship" (article noun); it's one stewardship that has been transmitted now to a different steward. Paul, being named "the steward" as he who's penned a good chunk of the New Testament. Paul was in the best position to do this because of his education of Old Testament Judaism; having been a Pharisee. Peter and the rest of the 12 were obviously familiar with Judaism, as having lived under its jurisdiction; but Paul was the one who had the educational background to pull all these Scriptures together to be able to explain the Old Testament through the lens of the New.
This fits right in with Daniel 7:26-27
