Neville Goddard on Isaiah 53:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 53 in context

Scripture Focus

2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Isaiah 53:2-3

Biblical Context

The text describes a humble, unassuming figure who is despised and afflicted, unseen by others. Yet it hints that true growth begins in inner consciousness rather than outward praise.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the Isaiah passage, the outward appearance is but a veil over the inner state. The tender plant growing before the Father represents your consciousness budding in the now, not a spectacle for the senses. The dry ground is the mind conditioned by fear and lack, yet the root presses up through it, unseen and formless. When we look at him, there is no beauty to attract the eye, for beauty is the state of awareness that recognizes itself. Despised and rejected by men mirrors the old self clinging to appearances; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief marks the path of thought-laden worry. Yet these experiences do not define reality; they are signals inviting a shift of consciousness. We hid our faces from him indicates the ego's resistance to the God within; but the truth remains: the I AM in you is unshaken, and the plant grows when you cease to depend on outer signs. The suffering is not punishment but invitation to awaken to the inner kingdom already established in consciousness.

Practice This Now

Assume the end: I am the tender plant blooming before God in me; feel this awareness as present now. If fear or unworthiness arise, revise them by affirming, I AM the I AM, beloved and seen.