"The identification of the kingdom with the HRE is purely an assumption on Franklin's part and your part - neither of you have substantiated anything, you've just said "Oh yeah, Daniel really means the HRE."
Why should I take your interpretation at face value?"
Franklin nor myself called the empire "holy". He calls it the "unholy". All I'm saying is that we know the Roman Empire existed in Jesus' day and its revival is eminent.
The only thing the Roman Empire, the Holy Roman Empire and the EU have in common is that they have at various times administered some of the same territories.
they have all had different borders, different political systems, different cultures, different religions and different fates.
The passage to which you allude does not specifically identify the entity Daniel is describing as the Roman Empire, or the HRE or the EU.