Neville Goddard on Hebrews 3:7-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hebrews 3 in context

Scripture Focus

7Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

Hebrews 3:7-9

Biblical Context

The passage urges you to listen today and not harden your heart, recalling how the fathers tested God in the wilderness. It underscores obedience, faith, and accountability before the covenant.

Neville's Inner Vision

Hebrews 3:7-9 speaks from the inner voice that is always present: today, if you hear, do not harden your heart. The wilderness is not a place but a state of resistance within your own consciousness—when you doubt the impression that arises in you, you wander in a mental desert. Your fathers' testing and their forty years symbolize long habits of thought that keep you from trusting the immediate invitation of God within. The Holy Ghost here is your I AM, the awareness that does not forget its own truth. When you hear the voice today and choose to yield, you prove the works of grace not by memory of past miracles but by the present atmosphere of faith you cultivate. The key is not external calendars but the steady assumption that you are already in the life your heart desires. In every moment, you may revise the sense of lack by consenting to the inner vision, letting imagination do the seeing and feeling of the fulfilled state. Thus, the inner invitation becomes a doorway into your realized kingdom.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled now and say softly, 'I hear the voice within me and I am already there.' Feel it real as you breathe and revise any sense of lack.