Neville Goddard on Isaiah 48:12-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 48 in context

Scripture Focus

12Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

13Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

14All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

15I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

Isaiah 48:12-16

Biblical Context

God declares He is the First and the Last, and that His hand laid the foundations of the earth and spanned the heavens. He calls Jacob and Israel, speaks openly, and promises prosperity to those He loves, sent by His Spirit.

Neville's Inner Vision

Understand that the speaker is your I AM, your unalterable sense of I. When the text proclaims I am He, the first and last, it is not history but the claim that your consciousness is that order. The hand that laid the earth and the right hand that stretched the heavens are metaphors for the fixed acts of awareness by which you establish form in your life. When you are told to listen and assemble, you are being invited to quiet the outward chatter and attend to the inner decree that your world is being drawn into alignment by your inner authority. The 'envoy' who will make the way prosperous is the inner faculty of discernment and faith, the Spirit sent into your experience to shift circumstances. Remember: there has never been secret speaking; the truth is always present as you. Allow the Lord GOD and His Spirit to send you as the one who speaks and acts in your life, and watch prosperity and order unfold from within.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, rest in the I AM within, and revise aloud, 'I am He; I am the first and last, and my way is prosperous.' Feel the truth as a lived inner sensation until the scene in your outer life confirms it.