Neville Goddard on Revelation 20:13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 20 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Revelation 20:13

Biblical Context

The verse speaks of the sea and Hades delivering the dead and them being judged by works, which Neville would read as the outward manifestation of inner states. It points to the continuity of life as inner transformation becoming outer form.

Neville's Inner Vision

Revelation 20:13 speaks in symbols, yet the symbols are the inner life. The sea, death, and Hades are the mind's old states—habits, fears, attachments—that keep the dead past alive. When you assume a new state of consciousness, those inner waters release what they held, and the dead rise as outdated beliefs seen for what they are. Judgment here is not divine punishment but the present calibration of your consciousness: you are weighed by the consistency of your inner declarations and outer acts in harmony with your new state. If you dwell in the present sense that you are already free, rich, healthy, and loved, the outer scene must reflect that truth, for you live from the I AM within. Resurrection is the birth of life aligned with that state; salvation is the ongoing keeping faith with the end you have imagined as already yours. You are the actor and the witness of your story; begin now by assuming the feeling of your fulfilled life and quietly revise any old self-narratives that oppose it.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, choose the life you desire, and feel it as already yours for five minutes, repeating 'I AM' and a brief scene of fulfillment. Then revise any lingering memory or belief that contradicts that end by stating it differently in your imagination.