Neville Goddard on Isaiah 30:33 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 30 in context

Scripture Focus

33For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Isaiah 30:33

Biblical Context

Tophet is prepared long ago for the king, a great fire kindled by the LORD's breath. It presents judgment as an inner movement that reveals and transforms the self.

Neville's Inner Vision

Tophet is not a distant hell but an inner state you carry until a shift of awareness occurs. The 'king' is your present sense of self—your dominant thoughts, pictures, and identifications about who you are. The 'pile' is the accumulated mental material you have fed with attention. When the breath of the LORD, the indwelling I AM, moves through you, it kindles a flame that consumes what no longer serves your true being. This fire, ordained from old, is the means by which your consciousness is purified; it reveals what you have believed about separation, power, and danger, and it dissolves them by burning away the imagined distance between you and God. The scene of judgment is then a turning point: you awaken to the realization that you are the creator, and your inner fire is the process of awakening your awareness. Embrace it as the action of your own I AM, not as punishment, and you will see your life rearrange itself to reflect a cleaner, more unified sense of self.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, declare, 'I am the I AM, awakening this inner fire now.' Feel the warmth as if already real; with each breath, revise any fear into recognition of oneness.