What about the iron legs/toes of Dan. 2? How do they fit in?
Babylon--->Persia---->Greece---->Division of Alexander's kingdom by 4 generals and the subsequent wars between the Kings of the North and Kings of the South and the history found in DANIEL 11<----out of this comes the BEAST who subdues 3 of the 10 horns BELOW unto himself which will be the 8th and final Kingdom (REVELATION) The Kingdom of the BEAST
Rome--->Divided into West (Roman Catholic) and East (Greek Orthodox) with two different capitol cities....what ROME conquers and controls (ALL around the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East) will culminate in 10 TOES (Daniel) 10 HORNS (Revelation) THE BEAST of DANIEL 11 will SUBDUE 3 of these 10 HORNS unto HIMSELF which will equal the 8th and final KINGDOM to rule over the Middle East before JESUS comes and destroys it....the BEAST......
My view
1st BEAST is the proverbial Anti-Christ (so called) and comes out of ISLAM and is the 12th IMAM or MADHI
2nd BEAST is from ROME and a reunified Roman Catholic/Greek Orthodox POPE and is the FALSE Prophet which makes the IMAGE of the 1st BEAST.....
NOTE....CATHOLICS are known for worshipping images...especially images that show some form of miraculous life
The last three including current POPE have ALL bowed to and kissed the KORAN.....this cannot be overlooked and is very significant.....when truly considered....
ALSO.....
THE BEAST will scrutinize, recognize, acknowledge and honor a god HIS FATHERS DID NOT KNOW........
ISLAM comes from ISHMAEL who was ABRAHAM"S SON.....WE KNOW both ABRAHAM and ISHMAEL knew of and honored the ONE TRUE GOD and ISHMAEL was blessed BY the GOD of ABRAHAM.....HENCE the bolded above.....
ALLAH is worshipped by those who adhere to ISLAM and according to DANIEL 11 the beast will come out of the area conquered by Alexander the GREAT and then fought over by his generals.....A beast that is tied to Ishmael and worships ALLAH will scrutinize, recognize, acknowledge, honor a god HIS FATHERS (Abraham Ishmael) did not know......