Neville Goddard on Revelation 2:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 2 in context

Scripture Focus

1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

6But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.

7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation 2:1-7

Biblical Context

The church at Ephesus is praised for endurance and discernment but charged with leaving its first love; it must remember its origin, repent, and return to the first works, or its candlestick will be removed.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville vantage the church is a state of consciousness named Ephesus. The seven stars are your awareness held in the right hand of I AM, the candlesticks are the conditions in which you live. When you praise works and endurance you are naming a disciplined mind. The rebuke about leaving the first love is not about a historical church but about your present inner aliveness to God within. To repent is to revise your inner assumption, to remember your origin in the I AM and reattach your deeds to that living awareness. Overcoming is remaining loyal to that center despite appearances. If you restore the first love you will know the tree of life is the living consciousness now and the paradise of God is the steady sense of being. The promise is inner restoration, not external reward; a renewed identification with divine life makes every act a revelation of love.

Practice This Now

Practice a simple revision: assume you are one with I AM and feel that love now. Then revise a recent action by affirming you acted from that inner state and let your deeds follow.