Neville Goddard on Isaiah 8:14-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 8 in context

Scripture Focus

14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

Isaiah 8:14-15

Biblical Context

Isaiah 8:14-15 presents God as a sanctuary for the faithful while also a stone of stumbling for those who resist. It warns that many will stumble, fall, and be taken because of misalignment with awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scripture the 'he' is your I AM, the state of consciousness you inhabit. When you stand as the sanctuary, life reads as refuge, clarity, and steady presence. Yet when you resist your unity with God and cling to separation, that same I AM becomes a rock of offense—the gin and snare of fear, doubt, and misinterpretation. The houses of Israel and Jerusalem symbolize inner dispositions that pretend autonomy from the divine I AM; their stumbling mirrors your own moments of cognitive resistance to the truth that imagination creates reality. The passage invites you to turn every event into a chance to revise belief: affirm your oneness with the I AM, imagine from the end, and feel the reality of your desired state now. The sanctuary is present awareness; the stumbling stone is an invitation to awaken, not punish, your inner life. When you align with the I AM, the stone dissolves into a doorway to liberty within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the sanctuary now.' Feel the all-encompassing awareness washing through you, and revise a current belief of separation by imagining the desired state already real.