Neville Goddard on Malachi 3:5-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Malachi 3 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Malachi 3:5-12

Biblical Context

Malachi 3:5-12 speaks of God's near judgment on social injustices and a call to the people to return to His ordinances. It promises that blessings will follow when they honor Him with tithes and offerings.

Neville's Inner Vision

God is not a distant judge but the I AM within you, a constant consciousness that does not change. The warnings against oppression and deceit mirror the state you hold in awareness; return unto me means redirecting your attention to the one presence within. When you honor the storehouse with tithes and offerings, you are not paying God, you are affirming the flow of life in your inner world. The windows of heaven open for the mind that lives in alignment with this truth, and blessings flow as a natural consequence of a changed state of consciousness—not as a future reward but as your present reality. The devourer is doubt and fear, kept at bay by steadfast faith in the I AM. As your inner state shifts, your outer fruits flourish, and all nations begin to see you as blessed, because your inner covenant is radiating outward.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and declare I AM within me now. Offer a mental tithe of attention to that inner storehouse and feel the blessing already yours, opening the windows of heaven in your life.