Neville Goddard on Revelation 3:14-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 3 in context

Scripture Focus

14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Revelation 3:14-22

Biblical Context

Jesus speaks to the Laodicean church, rebuking lukewarm faith and urging true spiritual wealth. He promises companionship with the Spirit and a throne for the overcomer.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the letter rebukes your current state of mind and points you toward a re-created inner life. The lukewarm church mirrors your present self-concept—too comfortable with surface riches, too quick to forget the I AM within. In Neville-speak, wealth is the mind’s unwavering capacity to imagine a fixed, true state. Gold tried in the fire is inner purity—imagined until it feels binding and certain. White raiment is a clean self-conception, a sense of dignity you wear by conviction, not by outward status. Eyesalve is inner sight—the ability to perceive yourself as you truly are and as you are becoming. When he says, 'Be zealous and repent,' take it as a practical shift of attention, a revision of your dominant assumption. The knocking at the door is your consciousness turning inward; answer with a definite assumption that the I AM is entering your life, sharing your throne. To overcome is simply to persist in that re-creation until the old self dissolves into a new, living you.

Practice This Now

Sit in quiet, assume you already embody true wealth and sight—gold refined by fire, white raiment, and clear vision; imaginatively invite the I AM to enter your heart’s door and feel the door open to your new self.