Inner Restoration to Priesthood

Isaiah 61:4-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 61 in context

Scripture Focus

4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
Isaiah 61:4-6

Biblical Context

The verses describe a return from desolation, the rebuilding of cities, and the people becoming priests of the LORD, ministers to God, whose abundance is shared.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this oracle, the old wastes are not geographical but your own consciousness: desolate beliefs, fear, and lack are raised up and reworked by the certainty that the I AM is your surrounding presence. The 'they shall build' and 'the strangers shall feed your flocks' signify the inner movements that arise when you accept a new self-identity—where formerly alien elements of your mind now labor in harmony under your dominion of awareness. To be named 'the Priests of the LORD' is to recognize that your very sense of I AM is the ministry and the temple; you serve not by external ritual but by the steady demonstration of inner abundance. 'Eating the riches of the Gentiles' becomes tasting the wealth that your consciousness can produce, not through collection but through the living conviction that all provision is already present in the kingdom within. When you dwell in this state, you boast, not in pride, but in the realized fellowship of your inner world with the divine order. The outer world then aligns with this sovereignty, transforming desolation into purposeful possibility.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume the posture of the LORD's priest within you; silently repeat, I am the minister of my God, feeding abundance from within, and allow this inner state to reshape your outer circumstances.

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