traditionally these events are considered archetypes as well as historical realities, just as jesus is supposedly prefigured in various ways in the old testamen

traditionally these events are considered archetypes as well as historical realities, just as jesus is supposedly prefigured in various ways in the old testament so these could be said to be prefigurations of the end time pattern, as in satan keeps trying various ways and keeps getting defeated, which would in their mind lend credence to constant concern about these things