Neville Goddard on Genesis 22:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 22 in context

Scripture Focus

2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

3And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

Genesis 22:2-3

Biblical Context

God tells Abraham to offer his beloved son Isaac as a burnt offering. Abraham rises early and obediently goes to the appointed place.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 22:2-3 is a fierce symbol of inner state. The 'son' is the most cherished belief you hold about yourself or your future. The command to go to Moriah is not a demand of a distant ruler; it is the call of the I AM, the covenant within you, to test your loyalty to its truth. Abraham's swift obedience shows you that when you accept the I AM as your only ruler, the outer scene must bow. The ascent up the mountain is an ascent of consciousness: you leave the old self-image on the ground and step into the place your inner guidance names as the 'land of Moriah.' The true sacrifice is relinquishing the attachment to the form Isaac represents, so the living reality of God can reveal itself through you. Faith, then, is the unwavering assumption that the I AM is the truth of you, and that this truth is already fulfilled in spite of appearances. When you hold to that, the test becomes a reorientation toward the real you: the I AM in you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume you are already on the mountain, with the I AM as your guide, and revise the belief you cling to by saying, 'I release this attachment and accept the I AM as my reality.' Then feel it real by letting a calm certainty rise in you as you walk toward inner guidance.