The point is that we need this hymn to restate and magnify our entire salvation history, to draw on Hannah's song in 1 Samuel, as well as on prophetic warnings about the day of the Lord as a time when all that we value will be called into question. (religion-online.org)
Our glimpses of what's already occurred and what will soon come are vivid and impressionistic, prophetic warnings about which everyone seems powerless to do anything other than silently observe. (metacritic.com)
We are often told by others that the legend is a prophetic warning against political totalitarianisms. (religion-online.org)