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"I don't believe Chap 20 is symbolic so that thousand years is not figurative."

Consider the account of the fall in Genesis:

1 Tim 2:14 “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”

Adam ate the fruit knowing that he would die. I believe that he chose to follow Eve in death because he loved her. His disobedience still caused death but what a neat picture of Christ we get when we look at

Rom 5:14 “Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come

The point is, that we have Adam a literal figure being portrayed as a figure(symbol) of Chist. God does thing this way. This is not the exception on the Old Teatament,it is the rule, and the Book of Revelation has the same author. Bible History is Prophesy. These things in Revelation are all symbolic for sure, but they can be said to be "only symbolic" only if they never happen. What are the chances of that? Bible Prophesy will be history and symbolism does not rule out the literal.

What are the chances of that? Bible Prophesy will be history and symbolism does not rule out the literal.

Nor does it rule out the symbolic..is Christ a literal rock?

So when faced with a book that is fully symbolistic..why would you choose to ignore the ~actual~ words of Christ in John 5? What is YOUR measuring rod?