Why does the Bible use symbols? Because we live in bodies and in the natural realm, so God accommodates himself to our limited capacities by using pictures and stories of familiar things, so that we can understand higher spiritual truth. That is especially the case in the book of Daniel, on which Revelation, in many ways, is based. These symbols are not meant to be taken absolutely literally. If I were to say that Jesus’ parable of the sower and the seeds was primarily about