The scripture does not warrant allegorizing where it is not intended. But to give a literal interpretation to passages where the Bible context is clearly using a shadow or picture that points to fulfilment in the New Covenant in Christ, is also breaking the intention of scripture. “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” (Rev 19:10).
Literalism is as wrong as unwarranted allegorizing. Literalism is making literal what the Bible intends to be symbolic. But once we know that Jesus is the sum of the scriptural witness we have the right focal point for hermeneutics. We must interpret scripture by its intended plain meaning, neither allegorizing when unintended, nor literalizing when unintended.
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