The Inner Priest Messenger
Malachi 2:7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Malachi 2 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Malachi 2:7 describes the priest as one whose lips keep knowledge and seek the law at his mouth because he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. In Neville's view, this points to your inner state—your thoughts and speech revealing alignment with divine law.
Neville's Inner Vision
Think of the priest not as a man in a robe, but as your inner state of consciousness that speaks through your words. The line says his lips should keep knowledge and seek the law at his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. In Neville's language, the inner man is always the messenger, and the law is the pattern held by your imagination. When you entertain a truth until it becomes habitual speech, you are opening the lips to keep knowledge. The mouth becomes the channel through which the I AM speaks the divine order into your world. If you dwell in lack, you are feeding your lips with ignorant talk; if you choose abundance, you revise your words to reflect already-possessed abundance. The priest, then, is not a position, but a disciplined state of awareness that seeks the law within rather than without. As this inner messenger aligns with the LORD of hosts, your outward events naturally align—your dreams, words, and acts prove the inner decree.
Practice This Now
Act now: assume you are the priest whose lips keep knowledge. Speak a single line of inner law aloud in your imagination and feel it as if your surroundings already reflect it.
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