John’s Vision
Although we will study much of the book of Revelation as we progress through the prophecies of Christ’s return, chapter thirteen is especially important for the discussion at this time. In one relatively brief passage, the Lord adds considerable detail to Daniel’s original predictions concerning the rise and fall of the last world empire. The book of Daniel is the springboard which takes us directly to the prophecies of Revelation. If the Lord did not provide through Daniel the background information necessary to comprehend the last book of the Bible, then most of the words that the Apostle John first wrote over 1,900 years ago would still be symbolic mysteries.
