Thoughts on the prophecies of Daniel; . ome should have been divided from thefirst, if the legs denote division, instead of remaining a unit fornearly six hundred years, and separating into its eastern andwestern divisions only a few years prior to its final disruptioninto ten kingdoms. 2. No such division into two great parts is denoted by theother symbols under which Rome is represented in the book ofDaniel; namely, the great and terrible beast of Daniel 7, andthe little horn of chapter 8. Hence it is reasonable to concludethat the two legs of the image were not designed to representsuch a d
Thoughts on the prophecies of Daniel; . ome should have been divided from thefirst, if the legs denote division, instead of remaining a unit fornearly six hundred years, and separating into its eastern andwestern divisions only a few years prior to its final disruptioninto ten kingdoms. 2. No such division into two great parts is denoted by theother symbols under which Rome is represented in the book ofDaniel; namely, the great and terrible beast of Daniel 7, andthe little horn of chapter 8. Hence it is reasonable to concludethat the two legs of the image were not designed to representsuch a division. But it may be asked. Why not suppose the two legs to de-note division as well as the toes ? Would it not be just as in-consistent to say that the toes denote division, and the logs donot, as to say that the legs denote division, and the toes do not iWe answer that the prophecy itself must govern our conclu-sions in this matter; and whereas it siys nothing of divisionin connection with the legs, it does introduce the subject of. CHAPTER 2, VERSE 43. 65 division as we come down to the feet and toes. It says, Andwhereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters clay andpart of iron, the kingdom shall be divided. No divisioncould take place, or at least none is said to have taken place,till the weakening element of the clay was introduced; and wedo not find this till we come to the feet and toes. But we arenot to understand that the clay denotes one division and theiron the other; for after the long-existing unity of the kingdomwas broken, no one of the fragments was as strong as the origi-nal iron, but all were in a state of weakness denoted by themixture of iron and clay. The conclusion is inevitable, there-fore, that the prophet has here stated the cause for the introduction of the weakness of the clay element, as wecome to the feet, resulted in the division of the kingdom intoten parts, as represented by the ten toes; and this result,or division, is mor
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