Inner Offering, Outer Resurrection
Isaiah 53:9-10 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 53 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Isaiah 53:9-10 speaks of a righteous figure who is buried with the wicked and receives a death among the powerful, yet divine purpose is fulfilled through that suffering. The passage points to inner sacrifice and redemption—recognizing that true change arises from one's state of consciousness and alignment with the I AM.
Neville's Inner Vision
Read as a note to your own consciousness: you are the one who dies to the old self, not to a history lesson about a man named Jesus. The 'grave with the wicked' is the moment your thoughts betray the belief in separation; the 'rich in his death' hints that the ego clings to names, reputations, and self-importance even as it collapses. Yet there is no violence or deceit in your inner vision; when you cease warring with yourself and stop pretending, the I AM can bruise the old self and redeem it. This bruising is the breaking of the dream of separation, the moment when your sense of 'I' yields to the one Life. Then 'he shall see his seed' — the life that follows is the fruit of a right imagination, the new state of being that grows from inner agreement. 'He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand' becomes your experience: days lengthen as your inner conviction thrives, and the divine purpose flows through you when you assume the end and feel it real.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and, as Neville would say, assume the I AM is the only reality. Revise that the old self is buried and that life now springs from within; feel it real that the Lord's pleasure prospers in your hand.
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