Neville Goddard on Isaiah 4:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 4 in context

Scripture Focus

5And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

6And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

Isaiah 4:5-6

Biblical Context

Isaiah 4:5-6 speaks of God’s protective presence forming a canopy over Zion’s dwelling and a shadowy tabernacle of refuge. It envisions divine guidance and shelter amid heat and storm.

Neville's Inner Vision

Zion is the awakened mind; the text speaks of a cloud by day and a burning fire by night around the dwelling place of consciousness. These are not weather signs but states of awareness that the I AM can sustain. The cloud of glory is your attention surrendered to the present moment; the fire by night is the illuminating heat of revelation. Upon all the glory shall be a defence - when you identify with I AM, protection arises as the natural atmosphere of your being. The tabernacle for a shadow in the day from the heat and for a refuge from storm is the mental shelter you build by insisting that you are the I AM, that your thoughts are subject to the divine present, not to fear. Let every thought be met with the assumption that the Lord is within; let the inner temple be your sanctuary, and you will find that outer heat or rain cannot disturb the peace that flows from your awareness. Thus, the presence guides and guards, and true worship becomes the living acknowledgment of I AM here.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM is over every dwelling place of your mind; visualize a cloud by day and a flaming fire by night hovering as your inner atmosphere, and affirm that you are sheltered by the divine Presence. Then revise any moment of heat or storm by stating that the shelter is already present within you.