Seventh-day Adventists believe that the Book of Daniel was written in the 6th century BCE by the prophet Daniel. They believe that the prophecies contained in the book are actual foretelling of future history by God using symbols. They believe that the four main prophecies in chapters 2, 7, 8 and 11–12 are parallel to each other and cover the history of the world from the time of Daniel down through the present and on to the future Kingdom of God. They use the historicist method in interpretation of the prophecies.