Neville Goddard on Isaiah 66:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 66 in context

Scripture Focus

3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

Isaiah 66:3-4

Biblical Context

The passage condemns ritual acts done without true inner devotion, saying outward offerings are meaningless when the heart delights in abominations. It also declares that God will choose their delusions and bring fears upon them when they ignore His call and turn away from what He delights not.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Isaiah’s cry, I answer: true worship is not measured by bulls and incense but by the state of your consciousness. When you pretend to honor God while your inner life runs on fear, you are worshiping an image of your own making. Delusion is simply the mind clinging to a structure while ignoring the living I AM that animates it. If you awaken to the inner call and treat it as real, the outer world rearranges to mirror the new conviction. The verse’s claim that I will choose their delusions and bring fears upon them is a reminder that what you accept within will be experienced without; silence from the inner response indicates a mind not yet aligned with God. By adopting Neville’s practice—assume the feeling of the I AM listening, revise the belief that you are separate from divine direction, and feel-it-real that you are heard now—you dissolve old forms and invite true worship, the felt presence of divine life, to govern your days.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and repeat, 'I AM listening; I am heard now.' Then revise a recent ritual or belief by declaring, 'I choose inner alignment over form,' and imagine the inner guidance answering you with clarity.