How are the four empires represented in Daniel 2's statue?
In Daniel 2's statue, the Babylonian Empire is the head of gold, the Medo-Persian Empire is the chest of silver, the Greek Empire is the belly of brass, and the Roman Empire is the legs of iron. These four empires are represented by descending metals in the statue.
Les teaches that Daniel 2's statue depicts four successive empires using metals: Babylon as the head of gold, the Medo-Persian Empire as the chest of silver, Greece as the belly of brass, and Rome as the legs of iron. He notes that Daniel 7 shows these same empires as wild beasts—Babylon as a lion, Medo-Persia as a bear, Greece as a ram (which he later corrects to a bear), and the fourth as an indescribable beast. Revelation presents them in reverse order from John's perspective.