and in the days
The passage fixes authoritatively the time relative to other predicted events, when the kingdom of the heavens will be set up. It will be "in the days of those kings," that is, the days of the ten kings (compare (Daniel 7:24-27) symbolized by the toes of the image. That condition did not exist at the advent of Messiah, nor was it even possible until the dissolution of the Roman empire, and the rise of the present national world system.
See "Kingdom (Old Testament)"; (Genesis 1:26); (Zechariah 12:8).
"Kingdom (New Testament)"; (Luke 1:31-33); (1 Corinthians 15:28);
( See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2)
note (defining "kingdom of heaven"). Verse 45 repeats the method by which the kingdom will be set up.
( See Scofield) - (Daniel 2:31); (Psalms 2:5); (Psalms 2:6); (Zechariah 14:1-8); (Zechariah 14:9).