Does the Book of Daniel really prophesy an end-time increase in international travel and scientific discovery?

Daniel was told, "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased".

"...many shall run to and fro..."

But could it mean many shall run with, act on, PROPHETIC REVELATION - rather than international air travel?

"...knowledge shall be increased"

Could it mean the KNOWLEDGE OF GOD shall be increased - rather than scientific discovery?

After all the Book of Daniel (and all the Prophets) is more concerned with covenant issues (like knowing God and His plans) rather than themes like international air travel and scientific discovery.

This interpretation would be more consistent with the way other prophets used the same phrases, for example Habakkuk. He was told, "Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it." "Run" didn't mean jump on an airplane. It meant to heed the prophetic message.

Then Habakkuk wrote: "For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea." That's the type of knowledge that has covenantal significance - knowing God.

And we know there was a significant time in Israel's history when the knowledge of God suddenly increased: when the New Covenant came through the preaching of the Gospel by John the Baptist, by the Lord, and by the Apostles, God's law was written on hearts, and many came to know Him - and this Gospel was preached to every nation under heaven.

"And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest."

That's why John was able to say (in the first century), "It is the last time". Daniel's prophecy (about the knowledge of God in

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