Neville Goddard on Revelation 17:3-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 17 in context

Scripture Focus

3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

Revelation 17:3-6

Biblical Context

A woman sits on a scarlet beast, dressed in purple and gold, holding a cup of abominations. She is named Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations, and she is seen drinking the blood of the saints.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the screen of your mind, the vision shows a woman seated upon a scarlet beast. The beast is not an empire 'out there' but the wild stream of thoughts that ride your attention when you expect power to save you. The purple and gold signify the lure of status, wealth, and external proofs of worth; the golden cup in her hand is the cup of abominations—the unreadiness to face truth when it clashes with desire. The name written on her forehead, Mystery, Babylon the Great, invites you to notice that what you call 'out there' is a projection of inner belief, a dream you have not yet owned. The blood of the saints and martyrs she drinks with is the ego’s habit of destroying truth to defend fear. You are not asked to condemn; you are asked to witness the drama without identification, to realize you are the consciousness behind it. The remedy is inward worship: quiet, trust in the I AM, and a willingness to revise the scene until the entire spectacle dissolves into light.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly and declare 'I AM' is all there is. Revision: imagine replacing the cup of abominations with a cup of light and feel the inner kingdom begin to respond to your attention.