Symbolism is developed through the use of imagery and through the repetition of patterns and types.
If we don't understand a book's symbolism then we won't understand key parts of the story nor will we understand the author's point.
Symbols are used to summarize big ideas in pictures. For example, in Leviticus, Moses did not explain the rational behind the symbols acts as the sacrifices were offered. The people of Israel understood what these acts meant.
We have to understand images, types and patterns in the Bible to understand the big story. As we begin to think like the Biblical authors and take on their worldview we will understand the world as it really is, since symbols represent a greater reality.
Donkeys and elephants are used to symbolize political parties. Those symbols conjure up particular ideologies and systems of belief in regards to a host of things.
Biblical symbols remind us of what has come before, what is, and what is going to come to pass.
We must understand imagery, typology and patterns which will be discussed in the coming chapters.
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