Legs Of Iron, Feet Of Clay

Q. When Daniel interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream to him he mentioned the feet and toes of the great image as being mixed with miry clay and iron. I was taught that the two feet represented the eastern and western provinces of the revived Roman Empire and the ten toes as representing the ten kings that will rule in the last days.

It seems to me that the old Roman Empire and the Islamic nations would meld together politically and religiously as well. Could the iron represent the political part and the miry clay the religious part? I would appreciate any comments or scenarios you may have. I still see things through a darkened glass as well!

A. Daniel 2:41-43 is a complicated passage and there are things about it that no one understands yet. We see the same contention between the Sunnis, the Shiites, the Wahabis and other Moslems as we’ve seen between the various countries of Western Europe. The two legs represent the eastern and western divisions of the Roman Empire, and the prophecy says the feet of both legs will be made out of iron mixed with pottery. That means the two divisions will have solidarity problems internally, not just with each other, and that’s just what we’re seeing.