Neville Goddard on Isaiah 45:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 45 in context

Scripture Focus

7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

Isaiah 45:7-8

Biblical Context

God is the source of both light and darkness, and of peace and what seems evil; all these are products of the I AM within you. Heaven and earth are invited to release righteousness and salvation when your inner state aligns with this truth.

Neville's Inner Vision

The passage unveils the nature of God as the I AM within you, who forms light and darkness, peace and the appearances of evil. These contrasts are not external events but movements of your own consciousness. When you identify with the I AM, you refuse to be ruled by polarities; you revise them with a deliberate choice and the feeling that you are the source of all images. The phrase I the LORD do all these things names your inner sovereignty, the power to create a reality by attention and belief. Drop down, ye heavens, and let the skies pour down righteousness; earth open and bring forth salvation — these are invitations to harmonize your inner heaven and inner earth so that righteousness and salvation spring up together. In short, the entire verse declares that creation, order, and redemption begin in your mind; the cosmos of experience is formed by you, and therefore salvation is a present possibility. Your practice is to imagine from the assumption that you are the I AM, and to feel that unity as your immediate experience.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, rest your hand on your chest, and declare that you form light and darkness within you, that you create peace now. Then revise any tension by feeling the new mood as already true in your inner sight.