What will the Lord do to Gentile rule and empire at His return?
At His return at the end of the tribulation, the Lord will strike Daniel's great image—the representative of all Gentile empires—on the empire then functioning, the iron-and-clay revived Roman Empire, and He will crush everything that smacks of Gentile rule and empire.
Les teaches from Daniel chapter 2 that Nebuchadnezzar's dream concerns all the great empires of the world, pictured in the great image: the head of gold, chest of silver, belly of brass, legs of iron, and feet of iron and clay. These are pictures of the Gentile empires coming down through history. When the Lord returns at the end of the tribulation, He will strike that image, which represents all the empires, on the empire then functioning—the iron and clay of the toes, or the revived Roman Empire—and He will crush everything that smacks of Gentile rule and empire. Les also connects this to the 75 days into the Kingdom before the Old Testament saints are resurrected, saying this Daniel 2 explanation accounts for that extra 75 days.