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Revelation Preston Clegg Recovering Reclaiming the Book of Revelation for the Church 4 The question is not whether or not we are shaped by images. The question is by what images are we shaped. INTERPRETING HIGHLY SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive Language is used in a variety of ways: 1) Cognitive 2) Informative 3) Performative and Causitive 4) Expressive and Evocative 5) Cohesive Symbolic language demands all of these uses. Symbols impact the whole person, the totality of our identity. They also demand a different mode of interpretation. 1) Different hermeneutical strategy- non- literal interpretation is the preferred mode. 2) Demands imagination. 3) Not to be understood as code. Symbolic language demands all of these uses. Symbols impact the whole person, the totality of our identity. They also demand a different mode of interpretation. 1) Different hermeneutical strategy- non- literal interpretation is the preferred mode. 2) Demands imagination. 3) Not to be understood as code. Symbolic language demands all of these uses. Symbols impact the whole person, the totality of our identity. They also demand a different mode of interpretation. 1) Different hermeneutical strategy- non- literal interpretation is the preferred mode. 2) Demands imagination. 3) Not to be understood as code. Symbolic language demands all of these uses. Symbols impact the whole person, the totality of our identity. They also demand a different mode of interpretation. 1) Different hermeneutical strategy- non- literal interpretation is the preferred mode. 2) Demands imagination. 3) Not to be understood as code.