Neville Goddard on Revelation 20:11-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 20 in context

Scripture Focus

11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:11-15

Biblical Context

John sees a great white throne and all the dead standing before God, judged from a cosmic record. Those not found in the Book of Life are cast into the lake of fire.

Neville's Inner Vision

Revelation 20:11-15 becomes the inner drama of my own consciousness. The great white throne is the moment my attention rises to the throne of awareness, and the face there is the I AM I know myself to be. The books opened before me are the records I have consented to as real—the beliefs I hold, the fears I feed, the identifications I defend. When I view them as pages of memory, the verdict seems not pronounced by an external judge but issued from the depth of my own character. The sea, death, and hell surrender their dead; this speaks of releasing what I previously held as fixed. The second death is the transformation of an old self-image through a deliberate revision of feeling. Those not found written in the Book of Life are not cast out by decree, but gathered as unseen possibilities within my awareness. The scene invites me to awaken to the truth that all judgment and salvation unfold within, here and now, in the light of my own I AM.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and feel the I AM within. Imagine yourself seated on the great white throne of your inner realm, and revise one limiting belief by affirming its truth now, while you feel it real.