Were the empires in Daniel's prophecy Gentile?
Scripture presents the successive empires in Daniel’s prophecy as Gentile powers. As each empire came on the scene, it was Gentile, yet Israel was connected to every one. Each also included the land of Palestine and the city of Jerusalem, showing that these Gentile empires directly related to Israel and Jerusalem.
Les explains that as these empires came on the scene, they are all Gentile, but in every one of these empires Israel was connected. Every one of these empires included the land of Palestine and the city of Jerusalem. He notes that the iron and clay, the ten toes of the European community, do not yet have that kind of relationship with Israel. He also says the Antichrist will come out of the geographical area of the old Roman Empire, and he personally thinks he may come from Western Europe, while others think the Middle East or the Mediterranean.