Neville Goddard on Haggai 2:11-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Haggai 2 in context

Scripture Focus

11Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

12If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

13Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

14Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

Haggai 2:11-14

Biblical Context

God commands the priests to test whether holiness remains when touched by common things; if something holy touches bread, oil, or meat it remains holy, and if something unclean touches them it becomes unclean; then Haggai declares that the people and their works are unclean, showing inner state determines outward offerings.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this scene the priests and the law are not distant ceremonial voices; they are the inner faculties of your mind testing what you truly take as sacred. The 'holy flesh' on the hem of a garment represents a thought you declare as real, carried in awareness, touching the ordinary turns of life. The priests say that such contact does not make the ordinary holy; and if something is unclean by contact with a dead body, it becomes unclean. Haggai then declares that the people, and all their works, are unclean before the Lord. This is not about ritual, but about your state of consciousness. If your inner life is filled with dead beliefs, fear, or separation, your prayers and deeds carry that uncleanness, no matter the outward form. The remedy is simple: re-create your inner atmosphere. Know that the I AM, your true self, never truly touches anything unclean; you touch life through the light of awareness. When you assume the truth of your wholeness and feel it now, your offerings become holy in truth, not by ceremony but by the living consciousness you hold.