From personal experience, I can give another reason for studying. Maybe it s just the way my mind works, but I have found the study of Daniel and Revelation fascinating and spiritually rewarding. If you, like me, experience a sense of exhilaration when the light goes on upstairs after trying to solve a puzzle, I recommend to you the study of prophecy. When we enter this fascinating realm with our Guide and Teacher at our side, we open ourselves up to an adventure of spiritual understanding that makes us want to keep coming back for more. Let me offer some examples.
Revelation contains the prophecy of the two witnesses.
Historically, we have understood this prophecy to refer to the Old and New Testaments, and there are lessons to be learned from that perspective. John s vision of the angel coming down from heaven robed in a cloud and with a rainbow above his head is reminiscent of Jesus ascension before Pentecost. This imagery is taken from Zechariah 4, where Israel was assured that the Lord s work of rebuilding the temple would be accomplished not by mere human effort, but by the power of the Spirit of God working through the human agent. This does not suggest that the two witnesses might be Moses and Elijah, but it does suggest that the ministry of the two witnesses will be like that of Moses and Elijah. It was Moses who delivered God s people from slavery in Egypt, and it was Elijah who sought to reconcile the people of Israel with their God.