Daniel

Daniel's prophecy covers the period of time when God says to Israel, Lo-ammi (Ye are not My people.) When He says that, the Babylonian and three world empires which followed it are brought before us. For this period of time called the "times of the Gentiles" (Luke 21:24), He removes Israel from being the center of His earthly government and allows the gentile powers to have the reign over the earth. The three powers which followed the Babylonian are the Medo-Persian. Greek and the Roman. Alexander the Great only reigned a few years, and when he died his Greek empire was broken up into four parts. Two parts, the northern part and the southern part, continued on in history and prophecy. From Daniel's prophecy we learn that they, the king of the north and the king of the south, will rise again before God and man.
When our Lord Jesus was here, the fourth empire, the Roman Empire, was in power. What's God going to do? God is going to put the earth back as it was before His eyes at the time His Son was crucified. And so He revives the Roman Empire and establishes its power in the land. Also, His people were in the land when His Son was crucified but they were apostate; they rejected Him. So these people are brought back and put on the stage. But they are people who will have nothing to do with Him just like when He was here.