The legs are the historic imperial Roman Empire (just as in view one) but the feet and toes represent something that is ‘partly’ from that empire – some kind of later ‘extension’ to it / ‘continuation’ of it. From the time of Jesus’ baptism and ministry He began to build His Kingdom here on earth and He is continuing to do so today – The Kingdom of God is within us – it is a spiritual kingdom. It all combines to give an overall snapshot of the historic, imperial Roman Empire – being mostly strong but in various places or at later stages somewhat fragmented. The legs, feet and toes of the statue represent the Roman Empire – as it is classically understood. If you think I have misunderstood or omitted anything fundamental in any of my simplistic interpretations please do email me and let me know). (PLEASE NOTE: As with all previously offered interpretations there are all kinds of variations WITHIN these schemes but I am trying to keep things as simple as possible. One of these views will lead to two possible (albeit, similar) understandings of the meaning and nature of ‘The Millennium’ and a second view of the timing of The Rock will lead to a third way to understand the Millennium period. the time in history that is in view when it comes and strikes the statue’s feet. There are two views concerning the timing of The Rock – i.e. This time I refer to ‘The Rock’ (cut without hands) that smashes into the feet of that previously mentioned statue. Once again there is a direct interpretive link between something in Daniel (chapter 2) and this portion of Revelation (chapter 20). Today we are are going to consider the next chapter of Revelation – chapter 20 – which refers to (uniquely in The Bible) a period of time known as The Millennium. For those who hold to the ‘traditional’ view of Daniel’s seventy weeks they will hold one of three alternate views of Revelation (chapters 4-19). One of these two views dovetails completely with one of the four views of Revelation (chapters 4-19). In the previous post we noted that there were two commonly held interpretations of Daniel’s seventy weeks.
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