Neville Goddard on Revelation 10:8-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 10 in context

Scripture Focus

8And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

9And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

10And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

Revelation 10:8-10

Biblical Context

From Revelation 10:8-10, the speaker is told to take the open little book and eat it. Its sweetness in the mouth and bitterness in the belly symbolize receiving prophetic truth into consciousness and its transforming digestion.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the little book is a belief opened to your inner sight. Eating it is a deliberate act of taking the truth into your consciousness, letting it become a state you inhabit. The sweetness on the tongue is the immediate recognition that this truth belongs to you now; the bitterness in the belly is the inner digestion—the loosening of old beliefs and the reorganization of feeling and motive to fit the new idea. The angel upon sea and earth represents your I AM, the awareness that holds all moments; the open book is your opportunity to align every appetite, decision, and feeling with the living idea now accepted. The prophecy of change comes not from external events but from an interior revision: you assume the state, feel it real, and watch your world adjust accordingly. Do not resist the bitterness; let it refine you until your life reflects the truth you have taken in. In time, prophecy becomes fulfilled as your inner state radiates outward.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: sit quietly and picture the angel offering a shimmering little book open over sea and earth; with full feeling, swallow the truth, saying, 'I now take this truth into my consciousness as my own.' See the old pattern dissolve as your belly settles into a warm digestion, and your life begins to reflect the new state.