Neville Goddard on Hebrews 11:8-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hebrews 11 in context

Scripture Focus

8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

Hebrews 11:8-19

Biblical Context

Abraham and the forebears walked by faith, seeking a heavenly city and trusting God’s promises, even while they did not receive them in their lifetimes.

Neville's Inner Vision

Faith in this text is not a distant creed but a living inner posture. When Abraham went out, he did so in an assumed state that the unseen promise was already his, and the outward journey becomes the conscious maneuver of the mind. The dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob represents a temporary, provisional life lived in the awareness of a greater, unbuilt city whose foundations are laid by God, the I AM behind all perception. Sara's laughter turned to strength because she acknowledged the One who promised; in like manner you birth your future by conceding that the mind you claim is the builder and maker of all experience. The many descendants and the land are symbols of the rich interior life that awaits discovery when you refuse to settle for immediate appearances and persist in the inner conviction that the promise is already realized in the inner kingdom. They died in faith, having seen the promise afar off; you, too, cultivate the sense that what you seek is closer than you think, pocketing doubt and widening the imagination toward the city you are becoming.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume the feeling of the fulfilled promise by declaring 'I am living in my heavenly city now.' Maintain this as a living sense for 3–5 minutes and let it color your next actions.