What do the ten toes and the feet of iron and clay in Daniel 2 represent?
In Daniel 2, the ten toes and the feet of iron mixed with clay represent the revived Roman Empire, understood as Western Europe coming to the fore. They follow the earlier Gentile empires—Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek, and Roman—that had proximity to Israel.
Les teaches that Daniel 2 records Nebuchadnezzar's dream image, which pictures the great Gentile empires in proximity with Israel. The head of gold is Babylon, the chest of silver is Medo-Persia, the belly of brass is Greece, and the legs of iron are Rome. The feet and ten toes of iron mixed with clay, he explains, picture the revived Roman Empire, which he identifies as Western Europe coming to the fore. He also notes that prophecy deals with nations that had something to do with Israel, which is why he does not place America in prophecy.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
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What Gentile empires are pictured in the Daniel 2 image, and in what order did they come?
The empires pictured in the dream came in succession: first the Babylonian, then the Medes and Persians, then the Greek, then the Roman, and all of them were in the area of Jerusalem and had to do with the nation of Israel.