Do you take Revelation literally?

yes- the bible is the history of mankind from Creation(Genesis) through the end of the world (Revelation) and some of Daniel.
I do think some of it is symbolic, but I do take it in a futuristic sense.
The Beast, Dragon, ect are symbols for humans I believe(the beast being the Antichrist)

grayheavens1 said:

When I mean literally I mean dragons really coming and stuff.

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I do.
Everything approximately from Ch.4 and on is futuristic.

The dragons and beasts are literal beings in the spiritual world.
They are described very well to the smallest of details.
Window into the other world.

Some are artificial life forms on earth with bodies created in the Abyss. These little scorpions that looked like a combination of several creatures who came out from the Abyss literally like bats our of hell with smoke and ashes. Probably from a volcano leading down there.

Another artificial life form was the image of the beast created by the 2nd beast. He was given breath and started talking and people began worshiping him.

There is much I can say about the book ...

Thanks,
Ed

filosofer said:

I interpret it literally, but not literalistically.

See another post (http://www.christianforums.com/t7866974-4/#post67197220) I made about Revelation and hermeneutics.

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I'm with filo on this one!