God's figurative has a literal truth behind it. If you study the Bible you will find that God is talking about something real, even when He uses figurative means. A good example is the account of Nathan the prophet and King David in 2 Samuel chapter 12. Nathan tells David a story in which a man with many sheep steals from a man with only one sheep.
2 Samuel 12:3-4 But the poor man had nothing, save one little lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
David was angry and said the rich man should die. But the story was figurative and David was the rich man that Nathan the prophet was talking about.
2 Samuel 12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man...
2 Samuel 12:3-4 But the poor man had nothing, save one little lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
David was angry and said the rich man should die. But the story was figurative and David was the rich man that Nathan the prophet was talking about.
2 Samuel 12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man...