Neville Goddard on Hebrews 8:5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hebrews 8 in context

Scripture Focus

5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

Hebrews 8:5

Biblical Context

Hebrews 8:5 says that earthly services are a copy or shadow of heavenly realities and must be built according to a pattern shown to Moses on the mount.

Neville's Inner Vision

Hebrews 8:5 invites us to see that outward forms—priests, tabernacle, and rituals—are but copies of a truth resident in consciousness. In Neville’s language, those earthly shadows point to a living pattern imprinted on the mount of awareness. The pattern is not external to imitate; it is to be known within your own I AM, your present sense of being. When you align with that pattern, you cease worshiping the form and begin living from the reality it implies. Moses was instructed to build exactly according to the pattern, to keep the mind fixed on the blueprint he already carried in imagination. So too, your worship is a discipline of consciousness: you acknowledge a heavenly form and practice feeling that it already exists in you now. By assuming, revising, and feeling it real, you awaken the inner tabernacle and draw your outer life into harmony with the inner truth.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the heavenly pattern is now real in your life. Revise any sense of lack by dwelling in the inner tabernacle you already know.