re: #609 Jadespring
This is why even people that proclaim that they follow the ‘literal’ word don’t. They’ll talk about metaphor and analogy if you bring these up. Don’t bother asking how you’re supposed to know that okay in this instance it’s literal and in this one it’s metaphor. You’re just supposed to know.
This is the meaning of Kabbalah, the deeper, esoteric or allegorical meanings. Abstract or spiritual.