Interlude

Before I go further in the Book of the Revelation, I am going to have to brush up on the Old Testament books of Daniel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and some of the minor prophets.

This might seem like a haphazard way to go about this, but it is the way I am to go. One can not study the Book of the Revelation without the knowledge contained in the books I listed above.

I am doing this on the fly, without extensive use of commentaries, relying heavily on the Bible and the Holy Spirit to guide me. It is not in my nature to write extensive notes, edit, re-edit, revise, and then write. If I have to much time invested, I am tempted to change something I have written to make it more pleasing to men. It is and has been my intent to do what I am doing in the Bible studies I do for the glory of the Lord. That is why I use the pen name of Gadfly, and I feel like it was God who chose this name for me.

Why Gadfly? A Gadfly is an annoying little insect that is persistent in it's purpose to bite and annoy it's victims. For this purpose, it is the Word of God that is the most irritating for many people. The Word of God is the true "Inconvenient Truth". The majority of the world, including many who claim Christ's name as theirs, do not really want to hear that they are sinners, that Christ died for their sins, and that He is the ONLY WAY to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Christ Himself said that He was the Way, the Truth, and the Life. There is no misinterpretation of His words on that subject to give any person "wiggle room".

People come to the point of meeting Christ in many different ways, that is their life path, but it is only by acknowleding the truth about one's state of sinfulness and need of the Salvation of Christ to enter into the Kingdom of the Father that we may enter into Heaven. There is, to put it simply and plainly, no other way but Jesus Christ.

A person called and accepted by Christ enters into a personal relationshiop with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, the three in one. No religion of man leads one to a personal relationship with the Creator, only the Faith in God and the one He sent.

Read the Book of John in the New Testament of the Bible if you seek the Truth.