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This passage would have to be literal, doing a study of the great and terrible day of the Lord and the fierceness of His anger and wrath towards the sinner. His returning will be a celebration for His body His bride. it will be very devastating for those who are not. This is as literal as the promise of the new heaven and new earth, the stars singing out His praise and so forth.

Figuratively verses would be under the shadow of His wings gathering them as a hen under her wings. We all know God ain't no chicken and He don't have no wings.

This passage would have to be literal, doing a study of the great and terrible day of the Lord ...

Well, since the passage I quoted was from Isaiah 13:10, and it had to do with the judgment against ancient Babylon, when did this literally happen?

How 'bout this one:

{Babylon] will never be inhabited, Nor will it be settled from generation to generation; Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there, Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there. (Isa. 13:20)
And the land will tremble and sorrow; For every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant. (Jer. 51:29)

Is that "literal" or "figurative" language?