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Issue 64 JITL Headings and Content

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Symbolic language in speech and writing is the use of symbols to represent other things and events. In the Bible it occurs most in prophecy and poetry, especially in visions and dreams about things that will happen in the future. Though people may not immediately know the meaning of a symbol, it is important to keep the symbol in the translation.
>Eat this scroll, then go speak to the house of Israel." (Ezekiel 3:1 ULB)
This was in a dream. Eating the scroll is a symbol of reading and understanding well what was written on the scroll, and accepting these words from God into himself.
#### Purposes of symbolism
- One purpose of symbolism is to help people understand the importance or severity of an event by putting it in other, very dramatic terms.
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### Examples from the Bible
>Eat this scroll, then go speak to the house of Israel. (Ezekiel 3:1 ULB)
Ezekiel had a dream, and in his dream he was told to eat a scroll. Eating the scroll is a symbol of reading and understanding well what was written on the scroll, and accepting the words from God into himself.
>After this I saw in the visions of the night <u>a fourth animal</u>, terrifying, frightening, and very strong. It had <u>large iron teeth</u>; it devoured, broke in pieces, and trampled underfoot what was left. It was different from the other animals, and it had <u>ten horns</u>. (Daniel 7:7 ULB)
The meaning of the underlined symbols is explained in Daniel 7:23-24 as shown below. The animals represent kingdoms, iron teeth represent a powerful army, and the horns represent powerful leaders.