The Ten Toes out of Dual Plan

They were the Huns, Ostroroths, Westrogoths, Francs, Wandals, Sueves,

Bergundians, Herulians, Anglo Saxons and the Lombards; thus the

formation of the ten toes. followed the development of the two legs.

4. "And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron. And whereas, thou

sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron, the

kingdom shall be divided."

Now came the fourth and last universal mould. Rome war, here the main

actor. That kingdom was founded by Romulus about 763 B. C., and from a

small colony it finally became the fourth universal monarchy of the

world: i. e., it brought under its wings the descendants of both Ham

and Shem. About 161 B. C., it had conquered the nations around it, and

at the birth of the Messiah it ruled also over the land of Palestine.

In this fourth state, the two legs and the ten toes of the image

appeared. There developed in that kingdom two rival cities—the cities

of Rome and Constantinople. Through their influences the kingdom split

in two —the eastern and western empires. The great depression the

hu­man works inflicted on the people, while the rulers continually

rivalled to enlarge their dominions, made the people rebellions, and

they finally revolted against their depressive rulers and chose their

own kings. Between the years 356 and 4£i3 A. D., ten such divi­sions

sprang up. They were the Huns, Ostroroths, Westrogoths, Francs,

Wandals, Sueves, Bergundians, Herulians, Anglo Saxons and the

Lombards; thus the formation of the ten toes. followed the development

of the two legs.

5. These ten toes or divisions of the universal rule consisted of a

mixture of iron and clay. No other figure could express so cleverly

this situation in the fourth divided universal kingdom. These

divisions exist to-day in Europe, and the general laws gov­erning

those states, are enacted with an object of keeping together

iron and clay. The Cain-nature now for ages, has had free exer­cise in

building cities, and in inventing new methods to increase their

greatness and value so as to enslave under its power so much more of

the class that is doomed to bear all of it on its shoulders. The

laboring class has been lowered so far beneath these objects, that

they depend wholly upon them for their existence. But there seems to

be danger ahead, for iron and clay cannot mix. A ter­rible crash seems

inevitable.

"And whereas, thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle

themselves with the seed of man; but they shall not cleave one to

another, even as iron is not mixed with clay."