hobbs27
Senior Member
So nothing is really literal or physical. It is all about metaphors, multiple interpretations, and embellishment.
This makes more sense to me than taking the bible AS the direct undisputed, mean what he says word of god.
It's not one or the other, it's a combination. Prophesy is usually very figurative. It's Hebraic apocalyptic language. It's funny how some people demand a strict literal interpretation of the second coming and day of the Lord, yet read and accept the obvious figurative languages of what we all agree are past days of the Lord.
When Micah prophesied of the destruction in 586 bc he said God would come down and the mountains would melt under His feet. There's many more figurative examples, when compared to the destruction in 70ad , it's just as figurative. It's foolish to deny the language.