The phrase "apocalyptic imagery" refers to the use of powerful and dramatic descriptions, symbols, or visuals that depict the end of the world or a catastrophic event. Full definition
Moltmann, on the other hand, makes use of apocalyptic imagery alongside of the prophetic. (religion-online.org)
But he explains it by saying that Jesus used apocalyptic imagery «as a series of symbols standing for realities which the human mind can not directly apprehend, and as such capable of various interpretation and re-interpretation as the lessons of history or a deepening understanding of the ways of God demand.» (religion-online.org)
Just as the Old Testament contains a full - blown apocalypse in the book of Daniel, so the New Testament contains a full - blown apocalypse in the Revelation to John.1 In it the hope that sustained the church as a subversively different community is expressed in full - blown apocalyptic imagery. (religion-online.org)