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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
As an objection to the view that the ten toes

of the image denote the ten kingdoms, we are

sometimes reminded that Rome, before its

division into ten kingdoms, was divided into

two parts, the Western and Eastern empires,

corresponding to the two legs of the image;

and as the ten kingdoms all arose out of the

western division, if they are denoted by the

toes, we would have, it is claimed, ten toes on

one foot of the image, and none on the other;

which would be unnatural and inconsistent.

But this objection devours itself; for certainly

if the two legs denote division, the toes must

denote division also. It would be inconsistent

to say that the legs symbolize division, but the

toes do not. But if the toes do indicate division

at all, it can be nothing but the division of

Rome into ten parts.