Neville Goddard on Revelation 4:1-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 4 in context

Scripture Focus

1After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Revelation 4:1-11

Biblical Context

A door opens to heaven, revealing a throne and a holy court. The scene models the order and worship accessible to consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine this scene as a map of your own consciousness. The door opened in heaven is the moment your attention lifts from mechanical habit into awareness that you are the I AM. The throne is not a distant seat but the unshakable center of your being, the still point where every passing event is seen as appearance in consciousness. The jasper and sardine stones, the rainbow, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders are facets of your mind—courage, endurance, reason, and spiritual sight—arrayed around the center in order. The seven lamps are your seven faculties, blazing before the throne as constant attention and clarity. The sea of glass signifies a mind made calm, transparent, and unmovable. When the beasts cry holy, holy, holy, that is your recognition of the sacred order that governs all. Elders cast their crowns—your ego identities are offered to the throne, and worship is your acknowledgment that you are the creator of all you behold. Here, creation does not happen to you; you are the creator by consciousness.