What Does The Bible Say About Being Literal Or Figurative?

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In this episode, Arnie and Fred discuss the literal and figurative  language found in the Bible. Paul mentions having used a figure of speech in the Corinthian letter.  This discussion is important because some Bible students think everything the Scriptures say is literal.  Others think the entire Bible is figurative and everything symbolizes something else.  Neither view is correct. We are reminded that the Bible is verbally inspired and that Jesus treated accounts of certain events as historically accurate and literal. We note some of those events. We note that Jesus and His apostles understood some historical and literal Bible accounts to contain figurative language.  We talk about the times Jesus and His apostles used figurative language themselves. We are reminded that in our daily conversations we do the same. There are ways that we can distinguish figurative language from that which is literal and we note them. Take about 30 minutes to listen in on our conversation and have your Bible handy to verify what we are saying.