The stone cut out without hands represents Jesus Christ at His second coming, who destroys the Gentile world empires and establishes His kingdom on the earth.
Les Feldick teaches that the stone cut without hands must be a person of the Godhead — Christ, with no human element involved (Clips 2, 3). At the end of the Tribulation, Christ strikes the image on its feet, the iron and clay of the revived Roman Empire, and crushes the residue of all the previous Gentile kingdoms (Clips 4, 5). The stone then becomes a great mountain filling the whole earth, depicting Christ's earthly kingdom ruled from Jerusalem (Clips 1, 6).
Daniel 2:34 — The central verse where the stone cut without hands smites the image's feet of iron and clay — the direct subject of the question.
Daniel 2:35 — Records the total destruction of the four metals and the stone becoming a great mountain that fills the whole earth.
Daniel 2:44 — Daniel's interpretation showing the stone becomes a kingdom set up by the God of heaven that will never be destroyed.
In Daniel chapter 2, Nebuchadnezzar sees a great image: a head of gold, chest and arms of silver, belly and thighs of brass, legs of iron, and feet partly of iron and partly of clay. While he watches, "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" (Daniel 2:34). The text immediately records the result: "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" (Daniel 2:35). Daniel's interpretation identifies the outcome of the stone: "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever" (Daniel 2:44). The stone is therefore connected in Scripture to a kingdom that the God of heaven Himself sets up.
Les Feldick teaches that the stone cut out without hands is Christ at His second coming. He says, "Remember Christ is always the stone in the rock of Scripture," and the stone cut without hands "will come and destroy all the residue of those previous Gentile kingdoms," and then it will fill the whole earth (Clip 1). Because the stone is cut out without hands, no human element is involved — it must be a person of the Godhead, and it comes forth out of nowhere (Clips 2, 3). Les places the stone's action at the end of the Tribulation: when the Lord returns, He will strike the image on the empire that is then functioning — the iron and clay toes of the revived Roman Empire — and crush everything that smacks of Gentile rule and empire (Clip 4). The stone smites the image upon its feet, the final world empire, and the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold are broken to pieces together, becoming like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors, carried away so that no place is found for them (Clip 5). After destroying the kingdoms of this world, the stone becomes a great mountain that fills the whole earth. Les explains that this is Christ setting up His own kingdom — an earthly kingdom, not a heavenly one — from which He will rule from Jerusalem (Clips 1, 6).
The image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream pictures all the great Gentile empires coming down through history, represented by the head of gold, chest of silver, belly of brass, legs of iron, and feet of iron and clay (Clip 4). When the Lord returns at the end of the Tribulation, He strikes that image on the empire that is then functioning — the iron and clay toes of the revived Roman Empire — and crushes everything that smacks of Gentile rule and empire (Clip 4). Les also connects Nebuchadnezzar's later gold image in Daniel 3 to the last great world ruler, the Antichrist, who will do the same thing and unite all the pagan religions in worship of one image (Clip 7).
Les emphasizes that "without hands" means no human element is involved — the stone must come from the eternal God (Clips 2, 5). He explains that whenever Scripture refers to the rock or the stone, it is always Christ, and the stone cut out without hands is Christ even though He is not named in the text of Daniel 2. Les describes the stone as coming out of nowhere (Clips 2, 3).
Daniel 2:35 shows the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, becoming like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors, and the wind carrying them away so that no place was found for them (Clip 5). Les reads this as the stone destroying all the residue of the previous Gentile kingdoms — not just the final empire (Clips 1, 5). Daniel's interpretation follows: the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter, and the dream is certain and the interpretation sure (Clip 6).
After the stone smites the image, it becomes a great mountain and fills the whole earth (Daniel 2:35). Les identifies this mountain as a kingdom: as Christ destroys the kingdoms of this world, He will set up His own kingdom, and He will rule from Jerusalem (Clip 6). This is a kingdom filling the whole earth — presented as an earthly kingdom, not a heavenly one (Clips 1, 6).
Tribulation and Kingdom Context
Les connects the Tribulation to Psalm 2, showing that after God's wrath, He sets His King on Zion and gives Him the nations as an inheritance — the earthly-kingdom backdrop for the stone in Daniel 2.
Christ at His Second Coming
Les identifies the stone cut without hands as Christ in His second coming, who destroys all the residue of the previous Gentile kingdoms and becomes the great mountain that fills the whole earth.
The Stone Is Christ — No Human Element
Les explains that the stone cut out without hands has no human element, must be a person of the Godhead, and is Christ — the stone of Scripture coming out of nowhere.
The Stone Is Christ — No Human Element
Les repeats the same core teaching: the stone cut out without hands is Christ, always pictured as the stone or rock of Scripture, coming out of nowhere.
Striking the Revived Roman Empire
Les places the stone's strike at the end of the Tribulation, hitting the iron-and-clay feet of the image — the revived Roman Empire — and crushing all Gentile rule and empire.
The Stone From the Eternal God
Les shows the stone cut without hands comes from the eternal God, smites the feet of the final world empire, and breaks all the metals to pieces like chaff.
The Stone Kingdom Ruling From Jerusalem
Les teaches that as the stone breaks the kingdoms of this world into pieces, the great God sets up the kingdom of Christ, who will rule from Jerusalem.
Antichrist Parallel to Nebuchadnezzar's Image
Les shows Nebuchadnezzar's attempt to unite all pagan religions in worship of one image foreshadows the Antichrist, tying the image prophecy of Daniel 2 to the end times.
Daniel 2:34: 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.
This is the key verse showing the stone cut without hands striking the image's feet of iron and clay — the direct answer to what the stone represents and does.
Daniel 2:35: 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.
This verse shows the full result of the stone's strike: all four Gentile empires destroyed together, and the stone itself becoming a mountain that fills the earth.
Daniel 2:44: And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Daniel's interpretation confirming that the stone is equated with a kingdom the God of heaven sets up to replace the Gentile kingdoms.
Daniel 2:45: Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Daniel's closing interpretation, cited by Les, confirming the stone cut without hands breaks all the metals and that the dream's meaning is certain.
Les Feldick explains that 'without hands' means no human element is involved — the stone has to come from the eternal God (Clips 2, 5). Throughout Scripture, the stone or rock always pictures Christ, so the stone cut out without hands is Christ, coming out of nowhere (Clips 1, 2).
The stone smites the image upon its feet, which are of iron and clay — the final world empire (Clip 5). Les identifies this as the revived Roman Empire, the empire that is functioning when Christ returns at the end of the Tribulation (Clip 4).
The stone becomes a great mountain that fills the whole earth — the kingdom Christ sets up after destroying the kingdoms of this world (Clips 1, 6). Les notes this is a kingdom on earth, not in heaven, and that Christ will rule from Jerusalem (Clips 1, 6).
Les places the stone's strike at the end of the Tribulation, when the Lord returns to destroy the empire then functioning and to set up His own kingdom (Clip 4). The destruction is complete: all the metals are broken to pieces together and become like chaff (Clips 4, 5).
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