Daniel does the math on a 70 year old prophecy and realizes the exile is nearly over. His response is not celebration. It is confession, fasting, and prayer. Steve unpacks why Daniel's most urgent prayer barely asks God for anything at all.

A king who called himself "God Manifest" outlawed the Sabbath, desecrated the temple, and tried to erase Jewish worship for good. A badly outnumbered resistance beat him anyway. Steve traces a 2,200 year old prophecy that named empires by name, and what it means for the pressure Christians face today.