Daniel 2, it is obvious that the kingdom would be established “in the days of those kings” (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece,
It is not obvious Van. You've already made up your mind. You are an advocate of your beliefs. You are wrong because the kingdom would strike at the feet so the language in the days of those kings is poetic since God’s kingdom did nor strike the kingdoms you mentioned nor could ot be established until Jesus remained faithful to the death. The book of Daniel is about the future and about the time of the end. What happened to those Empires at that time is insignificant and part of a bigger picture, the statue representing all human rule replaced by the Messianic kingdom. That is the only sequitur conclusion.