Neville Goddard on Revelation 5:1 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 5:1

Biblical Context

Revelation 5:1 presents a book in the hand of the throne's ruler, written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. This sealed record points to hidden meanings within our own consciousness awaiting an inner unsealing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold, the entire drama is your own state of consciousness. The throne is your I AM, the speaker of 'I AM' awareness. The book in the right hand is the record of your life—written within and on the backside—inscribed with your beliefs, yet sealed by fear, habit, and doubt (the seven seals). These seals are not obstacles in God’s world; they are inner coverings you project as reality. When you acknowledge that God is I AM, you may assume a new state. The moment you decide that a new content exists now in your consciousness, you begin to sense the seals loosening. Prophecy and promise become present tense as your inner vision shifts; you do not change external events but revise your inner state, and the world follows. The scroll is opened by your willful imagination, not by force of circumstance. The open scroll reveals your true kingdom only to the extent you accept it as your current awareness. Remember: God is I AM, and you are that awareness, capable of writing and unsealing your own destiny.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, place the scroll in your mind’s hand, and declare: I am the writer and the one who opens this scroll now; feel the seals dissolve as you revise your life with the content already written.