Neville Goddard on Isaiah 30:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 30 in context

Scripture Focus

8Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

Isaiah 30:8-9

Biblical Context

The verses command writing a record for future generations about a rebellious people who refuse to hear the LORD's law.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's voice, the table and book are your mind's records; the command to write is the act of fixing a state of consciousness. 'For the time to come forever' means that whatever you affirm in your imagination becomes your ongoing present, not distant history. The sentence 'this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law' mirrors the mind's old tendency to resist inner guidance. When you identify with that rebel state, you overlook your true nature as the I AM. The remedy is to treat the inner law as a living guide: assume the feeling of obedience, revise the self, and write a new entry where you hear and follow the inner law. Your imagination is the 'book' you fill with truths about who you are. The I AM within you is the author, witness, and law; by choosing to obey in imagination you awaken into it, and outer events will reflect that inward obedience.

Practice This Now

Sit in quiet, and imagine writing a new page in your inner book declaring your readiness to hear and obey the inner law; feel the I AM approving as you revise the rebel into one who listens.