And how do you know this? Just saying it is so, does not make it so.
Twelve is the designation of "one more than 11". In fact, I'd say that's its actual meaning. But you say we shouldn't accept that. Why not? Where is the Biblical authority to deny the plain saying, and to substitute this particular symbolic interpretation?
And when He says, 12,000 from the tribe of Asher, and so on, Again, why should we not accept that? What does "Asher" allegorize?
This isn't an exegesis, though. You've not brought out what is in the passage, in fact you've negated the plain meanings of it all. It's an intepretation, but not an exegesis.
and you will not see Me again until you say, Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord. Who won't see Him until then? Israel? National Israel? To whom Jesus said this?
There are symbols throughout the Bible.
Many people take things in the Bible that seem to be against their view and declare them "symbols", and then go on to define them as they please, without Scriptural authority.
I say that the Revelation is the revealing of Jesus Christ, and that there are far fewer symbols than some people imagine.
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