Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 28:7-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 28 in context

Scripture Focus

7Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;

8The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

9The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.

Jeremiah 28:7-9

Biblical Context

Plain sense: Jeremiah 28:7-9 contrasts true prophets who speak peace with those who warn of war and pestilence; a prophet is known by whether the peace promised comes to pass.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the 'prophet' as the state of consciousness you entertain. In this reading, the old voices warning of war and pestilence are your fear thoughts; the true prophet is the steady, inner assurance of peace you live from. When you assume a peaceful outcome and stay with it until it becomes your visible experience, you have proven the sender. The word that passes from your lips is not a report of future events; it is an inner decree that the I AM already authored harmony. If you grip doubt or prophesy trouble, you are testing a counterfeit messenger; you are relying on appearances rather than the inner rightness. The moment your word of peace manifests, you know the LORD has truly sent it—because you recognize yourself, your own higher consciousness, as agent and witness. Thus the Jeremiah test becomes a practical discipline: shelter your mind in peace, watch for it in your life, and call it done. The true prophet is known by the peace that remains when outward conditions shift to harmony.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit with an open heart and say, I AM the peace that speaks now; in 5 minutes, revise any thought of disturbance until it yields to this inner decree.