Neville Goddard on Malachi 1:6-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

6A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

7Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

8And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.

9And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.

10Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

12But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

13Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

14But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

Malachi 1:6-14

Biblical Context

God rebukes the priests for offering polluted sacrifices while neglecting true reverence. The message: worship is about inner loyalty and purity, not ritual alone.

Neville's Inner Vision

That rebuke is not aimed at a distant altar but at your current state of consciousness. The priests in Malachi stand for the inner faculties—the memory, the imagination, the will—often convinced they honor the divine while they offer a table of distractions and petty judgments. When God asks, 'where is mine honor?', He is inviting you to examine your inner ritual: Are your thoughts and feelings held as a pure sacrifice, or are they torn, blind, and lame in your mind’s eyes? The decree that the Lord will be great among the nations becomes a description of the inner reality you affirm. If you persist in imagining polluted offerings, you deny the reality of your own I AM. Yet the alternative is simple: assume that you are the King within, and the altar you tend is your attentiveness to this presence. When you revise any painful memory or lack into a state of gratitude and trust, you feel the offering 'feel it real'—not for show, but for the truth of your being. The name of God becomes great in you when your inner temple is kept pure.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: For seven minutes, assume you are the Father within; revise every nagging thought of lack into a grateful, hopeful state, and feel the I AM accepting your pure offering as already done.