Daniel 9:4

⁴Et oravi Dominum Deum et confessus sum et dixi: Obsecro, Domine, Deus magne et terribilis, custodiens pactum et misericordiam diligentibus eum et custodientibus mandata eius;c

Daniel 9 records one of the most profound prayers in Scripture and the stunning prophetic answer that follows. Daniel, studying Jeremiah's prophecy that Jerusalem's desolation would last seventy years, realizes the time is nearly up. He responds not with passive expectation but w