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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
image were not designed to represent such

a division.

But it may be asked, Why not suppose the two

legs to denote division as well as the toes?

Would it not be just as inconsistent to say that

the toes denote division, and the legs do not,

as to say that the legs denote division, and the

toes do not? We answer that the prophecy

itself must govern our conclusions in this

matter; and whereas it says nothing of

division in connection with the legs, it does

introduce the subject of division as we come

down to the feet and toes. It says, “And

whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of

potters’ clay and part of iron, the kingdom

shall be divided.” No division could take place,

or at least none is said to have taken place, till

the weakening element of the clay was