You equivocate on the meaning of "spiritual" to mean "symbolic."

While I agree with your above statement, this is not to say that the Bible cannot be understood or interpreted properly by understanding the use of literary devices being used by it's authors. There is both allegory and literary devices being used in the Bible. The question is when is each literary device being used. When do we take the text literally and when do we take it allegorical/symbolically? That is the question.

It's not the job of the Spirit of God to teach you proper Biblical Hermeneutics or how to parse verbs and nouns etc....

Lean too far in one direction, and spiritualize everything, and you make the text mean whatever you want it to. Lean too far in the other direction, and take the text too literally, you'll lose the benefit of allegory (like Jesus uses to teach his disciples with) and symbols.

You lean too far towards spiritualizing everything in the Bible, therefore you toss out any literal reference in Revelation. That's not a principle you find within the book of Revelation - you find that within your own presuppositions that you then bring to the text.

You equivocate on the meaning of "spiritual" to mean "symbolic."

While I agree with your above statement, this is not to say that the Bible cannot be understood or interpreted properly by understanding the use of literary devices being used by it's authors. There is both allegory and literary devices being used in the Bible. The question is when is each literary device being used. When do we take the text literally and when do we take it allegorical/symbolically? That is the question.

It's not the job of the Spirit of God to teach you proper Biblical Hermeneutics or how to parse verbs and nouns etc....

Lean too far in one direction, and spiritualize everything, and you make the text mean whatever you want it to. Lean too far in the other direction, and take the text too literally, you'll lose the benefit of allegory (like Jesus uses to teach his disciples with) and symbols.

You lean too far towards spiritualizing everything in the Bible, therefore you toss out any literal reference in Revelation. That's not a principle you find within the book of Revelation - you find that within your own presuppositions that you take to the text.

You equivocate on the meaning of "spiritual" to mean "symbolic."

While I agree with your above statement, this is not to say that the Bible cannot be understood or interpreted properly by understanding the use of literary devices being used by it's authors. There is both allegory and literary devices being used in the Bible. The question is when is each literary device being used. When do we take the text literally and when do we take it allegorical/symbolically? That is the question.

It's not the job of the Spirit of God to teach you proper Biblical Hermeneutics or how to parse verbs and nouns etc....

Lean too far in one direction, and spiritualize everything, and you make the text means whatever you want it to. Lean too far in the other direction, and take the text too literally, you'll lose the benefit of allegory (like Jesus uses to teach his disciples with) and symbols.

You lean too far towards spiritualizing everything in the Bible, therefore you toss out any literal reference in Revelation. That's not a principle you find within the book of Revelation - you find that within your own presuppositions that you take to the text.