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.
Definition of causal. 1  1 : expressing or indicating cause : causative a causal clause introduced by since. 2  2 : of, relating to, or constituting a cause the causal agent of a disease.