What does the stone cut out without hands represent in Daniel 2?
The stone cut out without hands represents the coming of Christ at His second event, not a human-made kingdom. It strikes the image upon its feet, the revived Roman Empire then on the scene, and breaks the iron, clay, brass, silver, and gold to pieces, ending the succession of Gentile empires.
Les explains that Daniel 2's image depicts the great Gentile empires—Babylon, Medes and Persians, Greeks, and Romans—with feet of iron mixed with clay. The stone cut out without hands, he says, is Christ's coming at His second event. It smites the image upon its feet, the empire on the scene, identified as the revived Roman Empire in Western Europe, and breaks all the residues of those empires to pieces like chaff blown away.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
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Which empire is in power when the stone strikes the image in Daniel 2?
The empire that will be on the scene when the stone strikes the image is the revived Roman Empire, which Les says can be seen coming on the scene in Western Europe even in the present day.