Neville Goddard on Isaiah 64:1-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 64 in context

Scripture Focus

1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

4For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

8But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

9Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

Isaiah 64:1-12

Biblical Context

Isaiah 64:1–12 is a lament and plea for God's presence and restoration, confessing sin and the need for divine shaping. It names God as father and potter, inviting us to relax into the indwelling I AM that frames our life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the text, the cry 'rend the heavens' is not for a distant miracle but for a startling reorientation of awareness. When I read it through the I AM, I see that the heavens open wherever I concede that God is within me, and the mountains I fear tumble when I stop chasing 'out there' signs and become still to the inner movement of consciousness. The 'melting fire' that boils waters becomes the aliveness of imagination that stirs the inner world into clarity; the nations tremble only to the degree I tremble before my own true self. 'Since the beginning of the world...' then I realize what God has prepared for those who wait for Him is already here as possibility in awareness, ready to be realized when I turn my attention inward. 'We are the clay and Thou the potter' teaches me I am the form and the forming by the I AM; I am both the word and the world fashioned by the divine image. Thus, the ruin of cities and fire without are the drama of my old state dissolving into joy as I remember my true nature.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare, 'I AM within me now.' Feel the inner heavens open as old beliefs melt away and the clay of my life takes its divine shape.