Neville Goddard on Isaiah 64:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 64 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Isaiah 64:5-7

Biblical Context

Plain summary: The text contrasts those who rejoice and walk in God’s ways with humanity’s sin. It says our righteousness is flawed and that God hides His face because of iniquities, yet salvation remains possible.

Neville's Inner Vision

Plainly, this passage shows that God meets those who rejoice in living truth, while humanity confesses sin and feels estranged. In Neville's psychology, the wrath and hiding are not external judgments but states of consciousness named by the reader. When I realize that my righteousness is only a shadow and that I am the I AM, I cease seeking outside and begin calling upon the inner name that never hides. The line about filthy rags is a reminder that self-fashioned virtue cannot reach the divine; yet the wind that carries away iniquities is simply my shifting thoughts. By choosing to remember the divine presence and to act from joy, I turn the face toward me; I stir myself to take hold of God within. The past is revised as forgiven; the future is born in this present assumption. Salvation, then, is not a distant event but a present alignment with I AM, an inner meeting where God and I are one.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, breathe into the chest, and declare I AM as your constant presence. Assume the state you desire — that you are already saved and God is meeting you now — and feel that consciousness as real in this moment.