You're welcome to your interpretation. Predicting the future is messy business, so I will never say my interpretation of future events being described is 100% correct.

Much like how the Pharisees had a very different idea of who Jesus would be. They were expecting a king (political ruler). Their expectations were so different from the reality that they couldn't accept him.

I tend to take the Bible more literally except in the passages that are very clearly parables/symbolic. But I agree it's difficult to always know for sure which is which. And this is why there are so many different theological ideas and discussions. None of these things are salvations issues. I find them interesting to discuss.