Because the entire history of the Catholic Church is prefigured by the entire history of Israel in the Old Testament, then the 4 empires from the Book of Daniel (Babylonian, Persian, Greek and Roman) have New Testament parallels. These New Testament Church history parallels of the 4 empires from the Book of Daniel are guides to understanding how Daniel's prophecies are fulfilled in the events of Catholic Church history. Here is the fulfillment of the prophecy of 70 weeks of years, from the 9th chapter of Daniel.

ERROR ALERT! I made a mistake in this video. April 3rd, 1969 is NOT A FRIDAY, but is actually a Thursday. This isn't fatal to the parallel, since the Jewish Passover can be considered to start the night before.

April 3rd 33 AD Crucifixion Date: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2014/04/april-3-ad-33