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Then, and only then, will the way be opened for the stone to become a great mountain and fill
the whole earth.

As we have just seen, the Church is not the "Stone" Kingdom because it did not destroy the
Empires of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome in the days of their power. Similarly, Yeshua the
Messiah is not the smiting "Stone" because those four kingdoms were to be broken at the height of their
power -- not at the end of the Christian age.

On the other hand, the nation of Israel did have a part in the breaking up of Babylon in 538
B.C. The Medes and Persians destroyed Babylon, where the House of Judah had been taken captive.
However, it turns out that the 10-Tribed House of Israel had been held captive in Medo-Persia, and the
Medo-Persians used some of these 10 Tribes as spearheads for their army to capture Babylon and re-
lease their brethren of the 2-Tribed House of Judah! In this way, and in YEHOVAH's infinite wisdom,
the 10 Tribes of Israel were part of the army which destroyed Babylon, and therefore qualified as the
"Stone" which smote the Babylonian image!

In the same incredible way, when it was time for the Medo-Persians to be destroyed by Greece
in 336 B.C., the Greeks used some of the 10-Tribed House of Israel to defeat Medo-Persia! The 10
Tribes were now known as the "Massagetae," and the Greeks used them as a spearhead to overthrow
Medo-Persia. In this way again, Israel proved to be a "smiting stone" as foreseen by Daniel!

But now it was time, in 62 B.C., for the Grecian Empire to be demolished -- and for the Roman
Empire to take its place. Again the 10-Tribed House of Israel -- now known as the "Getae," were used
by the Romans as a spearhead against the Greeks. As these Israelites were natural front line fighters
from the days of Joshua, the Romans were more than happy to use them, and Israel would once again
qualify as a "smiting stone."

In 476 A.D., when the pagan Roman Empire had run its course and would be succeeded by the
Papal Roman Empire, it was Israel again that had a leading part in the demolition of the 4th Empire,
Rome. The final hammer blows against Rome were delivered by the people known as "Goths," and
Goths means "God's People". These were part of the 10-Tribed House of Israel, so there is no ques-
tion about Israel being the "smiting stone" which brought about the collapse of the 4th Empire -- Rome.
How amazingly wonderful is the accuracy of YEHOVAH's Word through the prophet Daniel!

The Stone and the Roman Empire

Now that we have established the chronology of the Succession of Babylonian Empires, and
having identified the "little stone" in Nebuchadnezzar's dream as the House of Jacob or Israel, YEHO-
VAH's battle ax and weapons of war, let us now follow the history of events as the stone actually began
to strike the nations represented in the subdivisions of the Roman Empire.

The House of Jacob or Israel is represented today by the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic peoples, and we
should find in the history of these peoples clear-cut opposition to the civil and military might of
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