Symbolism is used by those who refuse to accept the literal readings of text
Good Morning
Based on your statement, the LORD and the Holy Spirit of Truth used symbolism to deceive you???
When the LORD spoke a parable, HE often used symbolism to convey the LITERAL.
And when a great multitude had gathered, and they had come to Him from every city, He spoke by a parable: “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it. Some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold.” When He had said these things He cried, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
i FULLY recognize & understand the difference between LITERAL and
Symbolic in the Holy Scriptures
Hear is another one from the OT
Daniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea.
3And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.
4The first
was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
5“And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and
had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’
6“After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
7“After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It
was different from all the beasts that
were before it, and it had ten horns.
8I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn,
were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words.
SHALOM in the
Symbolism of TRUTH that is only revealed by the
SPIRIT of TRUTH