Daniel 7-9

God show Daniel a vision but its meaning was not revealed to him. There are three recorded times when God had blessed Daniel with understanding of visions. Daniel must have been frustrated that he was given a vision but not told its meaning. It sounds like a great deal of time passed between the vision (Daniel 7-8) and its interpretation (Daniel 9:20-27). May God waited until the 70 years of exile was completed. Maybe he waited until Daniel took up the prayer of confession for the nation.  God didn't explain why he waited, but his delay did not slow his will.
Stuart