The primary reasons many Christians do not properly understand biblical prophecy is because they interpret the Bible two ways: 

(1) They begin at the end of the Bible and interpret it backwards. 

(2) They approach it with a Gentile arrogance and a Christian-supremecist posture. 

Paul dedicated an entire chapter in his letter to the Romans warning against these very things. Every significant theme within biblical prophecy is rooted in Moses and the Torah. The prophets simply elaborate upon the foundation already laid in Moses. The Bible is only to be read, interpreted, and understood with a spirit of humility—and on its own terms, in the actual order in which it was revealed. - Joel Richardson