In Chapter 9 of Daniel we saw that Daniel was reading the prophecies of Jeremiah concerning the Babylonian Captivity. There Daniel discovered that God had foreordained the captivity to last for a period of 70 years. A bit of simple arithmetic and Daniel realized that the 70 year period had almost been completed. Daniel also realized that his people still had not repented of the sins that caused the captivity, so he began to confess the sins of his people and to do penance and reparation for them. Please keep in mind that the previous interpretations all pointed to a time during the reign of the Roman Emperors in which God would establish His Kingdom on earth.

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