Neville Goddard on Genesis 22:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 22 in context

Scripture Focus

7And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

8And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Genesis 22:7-8

Biblical Context

Isaac asks about the missing lamb; Abraham declares that God will provide a lamb, and they proceed together.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Isaac, this scene is a drama of consciousness, not a matter of history. The 'lamb' is not a distant animal but a living idea you birth by your inner state. Abraham's answer—'God will provide Himself a lamb'—speaks of the I AM within you, which, when believed, supplies the exact image required for the sacrifice you think you must offer. The fire and wood symbolize your discipline and willingness to stand on the altar of your mind; the missing lamb points to the moment you realize that your provision is already formed in awareness. When you dwell in the conviction that the I AM has provided the form you seek, the outward scene aligns with your inner vision. True worship, in this sense, is obedience to that inner revelation, not ritual. The real gift is the inner provision: your imagination, tended with faith, becomes the lamb that completes the offering. So, God does provide the lamb, but as the one who declares, 'I AM' and imagines the fulfilled state until it exists in your world.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the end: 'I am provided for.' Picture the lamb already present with you at the altar, and feel the certainty of provision as real now.