[Arthur McGowan]

But in Revelation, what is being described is a vision. The things the visionary saw are bound to be symbolic. At the Last Supper, what is being recounted are words spoken in perfectly direct, declarative sentences.

[Iscool]

But in Revelation, what is being described is a vision. The things the visionary saw are bound to be symbolic. At the Last Supper, what is being recounted are words spoken in perfectly direct, declarative sentences

There is no rule that visions are symbolic...