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Let me welcome you to this study of two of the greatest prophetic books in the Bible. Surely when you think about the subject of biblical prophecy, the book of Revelation immediately comes to mind. Of the Old Testament books Daniel is truly cherished, not only for the wonderful stories of deliverance that were afforded to Daniel and his friends, but also for the meticulous details of prophetic truth leading to both the first and the second comings of Jesus Christ. However, the thought of studying biblical prophecy causes many students of the Bible to throw up their hands in despair. After all, prophecy is at times confusing and difficult to understand because of the figures of speech and symbolism used to communicate the truth. In addition, many different opinions are held among Bible scholars as to the exact details relative to the future; so whose opinion is correct? It is easy to believe that we can never really be sure of future events because of all the confusion in this area of study. literally, realizing that figures of speech are a legitimate means of communicating literal truth. Whenever a figure is encountered in the text, it will be our task to seek to understand what God is attempting to communicate to us through that figure. That will be its literal meaning. Perhaps it would also be good to note that in working our way through these great prophetic books o