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Thank you, brother. Likewise.

I believe it is important when reading, learning, and sharing Bible prophecy to focus on the primary purpose of God giving us prophecy in the first place. Knowledge of end-times events is certainly important and one of the purposes of prophecy, but it is not the main purpose.

I Corinthians 13:2 NKJV
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

I Corinthians 8:1b NKJV
Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.

Revealing Jesus is the main purpose of prophecy.

Revelation 19:10 NKJV
And I fell at his feet to worship him [i.e. the angel]. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Luke 24:27 & 45 NKJV
And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself...
And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.

The book of Revelation is not merely a revealing or unveiling of the future, it is the revelation of (about/concerning) Jesus Christ.

Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, Beginning and End. He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things. He is eternal and almighty.

Revelation 1:8 NKJV
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

He has the power over life and death, Heaven and Hell. He is the final Judge and Arbiter of right and wrong, eternal punishment and reward.

Revelation 1:17-18 NKJV
And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”

He alone is worthy to determine the destiny of the world.

Revelation 5:1-7 NKJV
And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it. So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it. But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.” And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

If our primary fascination with Bible prophecy becomes just the knowledge of things to come, we will be like Peter who was awestruck at the presence of Moses and Elijah but lost sight of the incomparable person and presence of Christ.

Matthew 17:5-8 NKJV
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid. But Jesus came and touched them and said, “Arise, and do not be afraid.” When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.