Certainly! And it is wise to see the parallels, but IF the book of Revelation and other Old Testament passages are to be viewed as only figurative and left up to interpretation than no one will have the truth until the event passes by. All scripture is to be taken literal unless scripture makes clear it is not literal.
If you consider the limitations of language, it is possible for Revelations to be both literal and figurative at the same time. There were no words to describe modern (or even unknown futuristic things) seen by the author. I would assume they would make their best possible descriptions using the words they had, while also lacking knowledge of what they observed.
Still don’t believe this is tribulation?
"doubtless in this life ye shall have tribulation". ...but...this is not THE Great Tribulation/Time of Jacobs Trouble.
Well is hard to not connect the dots.
Certainly! And it is wise to see the parallels, but IF the book of Revelation and other Old Testament passages are to be viewed as only figurative and left up to interpretation than no one will have the truth until the event passes by. All scripture is to be taken literal unless scripture makes clear it is not literal.
If you consider the limitations of language, it is possible for Revelations to be both literal and figurative at the same time. There were no words to describe modern (or even unknown futuristic things) seen by the author. I would assume they would make their best possible descriptions using the words they had, while also lacking knowledge of what they observed.