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Can you give me the Scripture where God tells man to allegorize His Bible?

Can you give me scripture that says that everything must be literal? Tell me, what does it mean to be born again, literally? Spiritual birth is one of the invisible things that we understand by the things that are made (Rom. 1:20). The natural birth is a symbol. Without it, we have no understanding of the second birth.

Another symbol is sheep. Scripture says we are like sheep, therefore sheep though literal, is also an analogy. I could make a long list but consider one more. How would we understand the meaning of the “Pearl of Great Price” if God had not made pearls? These metaphors are myriad in scripture and God has designed them all. They are useful for our understanding and for rightly interpreting God’s word.

How better to understand God’s word than by looking at his work. Do you think is significant that the pearl comes out of the sea since the sea is also a symbol?

My question stands; “Can you think of anything that God made and used in scripture that is not an allegory?”

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And my question still stands.

Where does man get the authorization from God to change the meaning of Scripture?

It couldn't have been that man just takes it upon himself to change what God has said into what man wishes had been said, right? There must be something written somewhere by God that gives man the authority and the omniscience and omnipresence possessed by God to change what He wrote into something that men can find more acceptable, right?

Where did God give man that authority?