Second, signals embedded throughout the Book of Revelation make it manifestly clear that visionary symbolism is the dominant feature of the book’s genre. Not even the strongest advocate of a literal-where-possible hermeneutic expects that when we see Jesus in his resurrection body, a double-edged sword will proceed from his mouth (Rev. 1:16) or that he will look like a Lamb with seven horns and seven eyes (5:6). Even when symbols are not labeled as such, we sense instinctively that when we step into