[xjcsa]

Preterists like to insert allegory into a sentence that they insist had to also be literal.

It's not allegory; allegory has a specific meaning. It is, however apocalyptic language - a form of literature that had certain defining characteristics, among which was the use of vivid "cosmic" imagery to be fulfilled in much more earthly forms.

[editor-surveyor]

Comic Book Theology!
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