Different church's generate different language views and interpret scripture accordingly.
Figurative: Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them. ex.- I'm drowning in money -Metaphor -also called or referred to as a figure of speech.
Symbolic: Practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.
The movement, theory, or practice of the late 19th century symbolists, ie. Abstract art.
Revelation or suggestion of intangible conditions or truths by artistic invention - mostly
embraced by the professional crowd such as teachers, professors, theologians etc....
An object associated with and serving to identify something else in substitute, such as
margarine is to butter or saccharin is for sugar - to some and after awhile you think you are
getting the "real" thing but for the most you are attaining an unworthy substitute whose
value either real or implied is accepted as the real to the point that the youger adults use the
word margarine synomously with butter.
Literal: is found under truth whose definition has become blurred in the dictionaries as that of:
conformity to fact or actually - A statement proven to be or accepted as true - Sincerity;
integrity ex. Hell is in America - The town, Hell, is located 60 miles west of Detroit, MI.
The sentence "The spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak," was translated into Russian and then
back to English, result was "The vodka is good, but the meat is rotten."
You must decide then what is acceptable as you explore which of these views is more accurate and true in form, if for example you choose the Figurative-Symbolic loop then language in and of itself becomes obscure as any one person according to his/her background/education, enviroment places different meaning to each word being used. For example, Miss America is
judged for her outward or external apperance instead of her thoughts, actions, and apperance
as exhibited by past contestants embarrasment to the pageant. Some have stated that even
a broken watch is correct twice a day, but that depends on whether you are in military time or
civilian (enviroment). The translation of the Russian to English above is also wrong as each word to be translated accurately must be word per word or else why have translators as they will but deliver bad info perhaps to the point of war. Figurative-Symbolic is the language that the Serpent used on Eve, ever so gently twisting the truth, no lie can proceed without some truth.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Genesis 3:4 The serpent was subtil and Eve thought he was speaking phisically, but the serpent was speaking spiritually, indeed she would live forever somewhere, but not on earth, so the serpent used a truth in a lie form and deceived Eve. The same holds true for the fruit which Eve partake of, it was not an
apple or any physical fruit but was spiritual in nature as: greed, envy, malice, lust, adultry, etc.
identified literally in Galatians 5:16-24, however, many have used these type of scriptural references to affirm symbolisim, but God and Jesus Christ affirmed in every instance where language was used as a descriptive form instead of an actual event thereby eliminating any guess work on our part. If you chose, however, to use symbolic-figurative language in interpretation of the scripture then you could go to any church, USA/worldwide, and they would be correct for you as their interpretation is as good as the next man be he Jim Jones, David Koresh, etc.... . If, however, you choose the literal interpretation you must depend on a "key" to interpret God's WORD because the Gospel is hid from the world and those whom are perishing because when they knew the truth they accepted it not as truth, but became reprobate in their own minds and worship four-footed creatures and flying things - enter the monkey. If evolutionist's were true to their own belief they would oppose with great vigor the abortion of their own species as they would realize the value of even the lowly amoeba, if the woman was true to her own belief she would want to know 100% truth about the aborted "fetus" and why she has been delivered to this point and what her future state would become, there is no sin unforgivable save going to the grave without Jesus Christ as your Saviour, but if she knew what they were doing she would never commit to an abortion. nuff said. If you do research under the word Literal/Truth you will find vagueness as the world will not accept any terms as literal or truth today but all things are relative, but as every one knows shooting rubberbands or bb guns are always fun until someone gets their eye put out (bad postal humour). Truth will become relative when oxygen levels reduce and the oceans, seas, and waterways are dried up in the tribulation period and symbolism becomes dead, when mankind ( and woman) are brought to the valley of descision also known as the Time of Jacob's Trouble/Armaggedon then they will know that the God of Heaven is still God and man is not.
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and
his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the
wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation
and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in
the prescence of the lamb. Revelation 14:9-10
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