Neville Goddard on Malachi 2:1-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Malachi 2 in context

Scripture Focus

1And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

3Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

5My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

7For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

8But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

Malachi 2:1-9

Biblical Context

The passage addresses the priests for failing to heed God's command, warning that their refusal to lay it to heart will bring curses and corruption to Levi's covenant. True priestly conduct is keeping knowledge and seeking the law, turning many away from iniquity.

Neville's Inner Vision

I see in this text the drama of your inner state. The warning is not addressed to external priests, but to the I AM within you—the mind that should guard the law and speak truth. When you refuse to hear and lay it to heart, you curse your own blessings, for your life follows your inner speech. The 'seed' they corrupt is the lineage of your thoughts and fears; the dung on their faces are the refuse of unexamined feasts of ego, which you must not wear. Levi represents the discipline of life and peace—anointing your consciousness with reverence for truth. The covenant with Levi is a covenant of fear before the name, a posture of integrity; the law of truth sits on his lips, so that he walks with God in peace and equity and turns many away from iniquity. Your lips should keep knowledge; you should seek the law at your mouth, for you are the messenger of the Lord of hosts. If you have departed, if you have been partial in the law, the remedy is to restore the inner Levi by choosing truth over appearance, life over ego, and by speaking the law to your world with purity.

Practice This Now

Sit in quiet and assume the Levi-state now: pronounce, 'I am the messenger of the Lord of hosts; my covenant is life and peace.' Feel the truth rise in your lips and walk with you as you speak only what aligns with truth, turning your world away from iniquity.