A lot of people claim that they can predict the future. Tarot Card readers, for example, claim that the spirit world reveals the future through the selection and interpretation of symbols on a small card drawn at random. It's doubtful, however, that those who "read" Tarot Cards would be willing to face the testing that a prophet in Israel endured. If someone claimed to know the future but their prediction didn't come true, they would be killed. The stakes were high. But the test was fruitful. What we have been left with is a group of the men we consider prophets whose predictions have stood the test of time and predictive accuracy. Daniel is certainly among this group. But even among the other prophets like Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Ezekiel, Daniel stands out. The revelations that God gave to Daniel are more detailed and specific that any other predictions elsewhere in the apocalyptic genre of the Bible. As we consider the predictions of Daniel 7 and 8 you will find that your faith is strengthened in the supernatural nature of the Bible and in the providential care that God has over all of time. God hasn't revealed everything about the future to us. But He's revealed enough that we can confidently say, I may not know exactly what the future holds but I know who holds the future.