Inner Reform Beyond Rituals
Hebrews 9:10 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Hebrews 9 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage describes outward ritual practices—meats, drinks, washings, and carnal ordinances—as temporary and binding only until the time of reformation.
Neville's Inner Vision
Hebrews 9:10 speaks of meats, drinks, washings, and carnal ordinances, laid on them until the time of reformation. In the Neville idiom, these are not commandments but stages of consciousness—outward forms that point to an inner reality. The time of reformation is not a future historical moment but a shift in awareness: when the I AM within awakens, the grip of the old ordinances loosens. You are not governed by what you eat or cleanse; you are the living state of consciousness that can effect the reform. The ordinances teach holiness as separateness, yet true holiness comes when you entertain a new image of yourself—one that is in immediate alignment with the I AM. Imagination is the instrument of change; the moment you assume a state of being that you desire—purified, free, whole—the outer signs fall away as your inner life becomes the measure of all things. So hold to this present conviction: you are the reform. By that inner choice, all former rites lose their authority, and your experience follows the reality you persist in imagining.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume: I am the reform now. Feel it real inside until your inner state aligns with that conviction.
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