There's an old joke about a country farmer who gave a pessimistic reply to lost driver from the city seeking directions home...the farmer replied, "You can't get there from here." Likewise, if you try to understand prophecy without studying the book of Daniel, well, you can't there from here. The prophecies found in the book of Daniel are the key to unlocking all biblical prophecy. The prophet Daniel explained the past and the future of Israel and all Gentile nations according to the plan and purposes of God, and his revelations do so with such incredible accuracy that he has silenced many a biblical skeptic throughout history.