Neville Goddard on Revelation 2:8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 2 in context

Scripture Focus

8And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

Revelation 2:8

Biblical Context

The verse presents Jesus as the eternal, authoritative presence who was dead but is now alive, addressing Smyrna and affirming an inner, enduring life beyond outward hardships.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this brief oracle, you hear a voice declaring: you are the first and the last, the one who was dead and is alive. Smyrna’s hardships melt when you recognize the speaker as your own I AM—the timeless awareness that does not waver with appearances. Death is a belief, not a fact; life is the steady state of consciousness. When you assume that you are the living presence, you revise fear into faith and resurrection unfolds as an inner realization, not a distant event. The angel is your inner messenger, your imagination, carrying this truth into form. The first and the last shows you are not bound by cycles of dying and rising; you are the continuous one, now and forever. Live this truth and the outer conditions reflect your awakening, not your lack.

Practice This Now

Assume now: I am the first and the last; I am alive in this moment. Feel the continuous life of the I AM within, and revise any sense of death into living consciousness.