You're nailing it, you really get it, particularly the part about The Holocaust replacing the Crucifixion. If we're all guilty of crucifying the Jews we can hardly challenge them to repent- and then we have all these twisted interpretations of the "end times" allowing Jews to be at peace in their sin and even having supremacy (explicitly and not just implied).
RCLady, I started a thread on the religion forum looking for a conversation to motivate my study of both full and partial preterism. I think so much of the final hour/last days talk of the Bible was directed to a people who were about to see their worlds turned upside down. The Messiah came, and instead of freeing Israel from Rome, the church was birthed, Israel was mortally divided and their very national home was wiped out. Even with the Holy Spirit, you know that was a tremendous psychological challenge to the beloved.