Apocalyptic Language

The world is indeed the way the Bible says it is, but the way the Bible seems to say it is isn't what it means. This is only confusing until we understand apocalyptic language. Apocalyptic language is illustrative. It is representative. It is description that is extreme-ized, extra-emphatic, hyper-ated. Got a pimple? War against the accursed spot bringing the hosts of heaven to bear driving it to the lowest hell . . . using Acme Coverup. It's guaranteed to redeem your face to the holiness of God himself. Unfortunately, most people are waiting for the figurative war to start instead of applying the cream.

Have a bad habit, an errant point of view? In apocalyptic language God wars against it with the fury of the whole hosts of heaven and great condemnation, cursing it to eternal damnation in chains in the lowest pits of hell. Like he didn't like it or something. He gives us promises of deliverance, salvation, and judgment.

Is it real? ABSOLUTELY. SPIRITUALLY!! The literal is the spiritual. The language is illustration of real stuff, because spiritual stuff IS real stuff. The only reality is consciousness. The language is emphatic because this spiritual stuff is as serious as a freight train bearing down on your unopenable car stalled on the tracks. BE AS EMPHATIC AND EXAGGERATED IN YOUR MIND AND SPIRIT TOWARD GOD. The figures are God's vocabulary. Bust out and shout.