1 Hence the name. 2  Apocalyptic literature often uses prophetic vision formula to see the future, âand I saw...â This phrase appears many times in Revelation. 3  It is not in the earliest examples of the genre, however.4  The literature uses mysterious and symbolic language. Hence the name. 2  Apocalyptic literature often uses prophetic vision formula to see the future, âand I saw...â This phrase appears many times in Revelation. 3  It is not in the earliest examples of the genre, however.
Cause. a phenomenon that directly determines or gives rise to another phenomenon, the effect. In the real world all phenomena and processes are in a state of universal connection and interaction.
direct-similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity; a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases). math, mathematics, maths-a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.