Neville Goddard on Malachi 3:1-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

6For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

12And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

13Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

16Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

17And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Malachi 3:1-18

Biblical Context

Malachi 3:1-18 describes a messenger who prepares the way, and the Lord who refines and judges, purifying the faithful. It calls for repentance, covenant loyalty, and a transformation so that offerings are offered in true righteousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold that the messenger is your inner state of awareness arising within. The refining fire is the directed heat of attention burning away fear, pride, and habit, revealing that you are the I AM, the consciousness that creates worlds. When the text says Return unto me, regard it as a shift of self back to your true identity, not a demand from without. Judgment and purification are inner alignment, not punishment, so you may stand in the light of your own righteousness. The book of remembrance is the inner record of thoughts chosen with reverence; by thinking upon His name you choose to live as the jewel refined by fire, a vessel fit for righteousness. You are promised that you shall be mine, a being made delightful by loyalty to the universal covenant of love. This is the moment of vindication in your mind, as you realize your life clears of discord and opens to abundance when you act from the I AM.

Practice This Now

Practice: sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume the state of I AM refining your mind now; feel it real as you declare I am purified and returning to my true covenant, inviting blessing.