Bible prophecies

[GrandizerII]

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Where in that passage does it say the [physical] kingdom is set up before the glorious coming of the Son of Man?

Where in the passage does it say the kingdom is physical? I'm not intending to be dismissive of your question. Just trying to understand why you've assumed the kingdom to be physical.

The assumption is made in light of the theory proposed by several Bible scholars that Jesus was an apocalypticist preacher who preached that a physical kingdom of God would eventually be set up on earth in his days.

This is precisely my point and where things get confusing. Is the kingdom physical? Spiritual? Both? Both but contextual? What does the Bible teach?

It's not about what the Bible teaches, rather it's about what we can glean from each book in order to discern what may have likely happened or may have likely been said vs what was made up later on by the authors.

Normally I'd agree with you about being careful about taking a parable literally. However, the scripture quoted was not the parable, but Jesus' explanation of the parable. This lends itself to a more literal interpretation.

I don't do it that way. What I do is look at the context and then try to determine how it should be interpreted.