I just finished my biggest unit for my Daniel/Revelation online class.  I am glad that it is done, but the time and effort was well worth it.  What an amazing subject!  Did you know that there are several beautitudes in the book of Revelation.  The first one is Revelation 1:3, "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near."  How often people say that these things are not practical to their lives, or that they complicate things too much.  Apparently God has a different perspective!