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.
1. a person that acts or a thing that occurs so as to produce a specific result: the cause of the accident. 2. the reason or motive for some action: a cause for rejoicing. 3. good or sufficient reason: to complain without cause. 4. a. a ground of legal action.