Neville Goddard on Hebrews 9:9-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hebrews 9 in context

Scripture Focus

9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

Hebrews 9:9-10

Biblical Context

The verses describe the old covenant rituals as a shadowy figure that could not perfect the conscience. They point to a future time of reform, an inner shift rather than outward observance.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the 'gifts and sacrifices' in the text are not external acts to perform, but signs within your state of consciousness. The time then present is not a date but your current mood of awareness—a conscience seeking to be made right by forms outside itself. The rituals of meats, drinks, washings and carnal ordinances are echoes of an old conditioning, promising purity through acts. They cannot, by themselves, perfect the inner man. The reform spoken of is an inward renovation: the moment you realize I AM is the altar, and every act is but a pointer to your true nature. By assuming the I AM as your present reality, you declare, in feeling, that you are already whole—without needing the old rites to verify it. The passage invites you to abandon dependence on symbols and instead dwell in the awareness that consciousness creates, and that the 'now' of your consciousness is the real reformation. When you rest in that, the old scaffold falls away and your life becomes a living manifestation of your true being.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, breathe, and assume 'I AM' is fully present now; feel it as the inner altar that sanctifies every thought. Revise any sense of lack by sinking into the conviction that you are already complete in consciousness.