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You devout Jew-haters always like to spread the sins of the Pharisees across all the Jews. In Revelation 3, He is speaking to the Church of Philadelphia:
9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
He says nothing of Israel. He does not condemn the Jews who are Jews. Just as Satan quotes scripture, so do you.
You are just shopping the Bible for passages to quote. Jesus was a Jew, his family was Jewish, the Apostles that he chose were Jewish, those who followed him were Jewish, and the first church of Jerusalem was Jewish, as were the churches in other cities, including Rome. The Epistles were written for Jews (notably the Book of Hebrews).
You, on the on the other hand, continue to conflate condemnation of Pharisees with condemnation of all Jews. They are still open to the New Testament and the Bible does not declare them closed from it. Moreover, the injunction of the Bible is for every believer to be open to every unbeliever and not judge, lest ye be judged. They may live in darkness---for now---but it is not for you, nor anyone, to construe their situation as a call for condemnation. They are to be pitied. Plenty of Gentiles living in darkness, too, out of pride and paganism, but do we cut them off or remain open to them?
Various churches have maintained various beliefs. I don't have any reading of Scofield or dispensationalism. Condemnation of "the Jews" is not doctrine of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, which preceded Scofield, and all you are doing is invoking an argument from authority, which is a notorious rhetorical fallacy. ("JudeoChristian values" is a reference to the Ten Commandments, if it refers to anything.)
It was not the "last chance" for all the Jews who came to Christ during the period following Christ's crucifixion. Nor is it ever. You talk as though Christ's crucifixion was not pre-known and expected, yet Jesus was at pains to predict that this would be exactly what happens. Without it, we would not have the demonstration of the New Testament in his blood and body.
It is not up to you to determine the fate of the Jews. It is up to each one of them. You have no hand in it. They are not yours to condemn. (And Luther's writings on the Jews are about the least recognized of his far more relevant works.)