What will happen to the remains of the ancient empires when the pictured stone comes?
When the pictured stone comes, all remains of the ancient empires will suddenly be rolled under it. That stone is Christ at His Second Coming, and He will literally blow away those remains. The nations and great empires will be blown away like the chaff of a threshing floor.
Les explains that the remains of the ancient empires—such as the architectural and philosophical influences of Greece and the legal, judicial, and republican government influences of Rome—will be rolled under the pictured stone at Christ’s Second Coming. He compares this to a threshing floor where wind separates grain from chaff: the chaff is blown away while the grain is kept. In the same way, the nations and great empires and all that remains of them will blow away like chaff. Les connects this to the closing verses of Daniel, where Daniel is told to wait 75 days, a period that will cleanse the planet of everything that has remained.