Neville Goddard on Revelation 6:12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 6 in context

Scripture Focus

12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Revelation 6:12

Biblical Context

Revelation 6:12 describes an inward upheaval: a great earthquake and cosmic darkening, symbolizing a shift in consciousness rather than a literal disaster, signaling a move toward the Kingdom of God within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the sixth seal as a turning in your own consciousness. The earthquake is the tremor of outdated assumptions collapsing under the weight of a new awareness. The sun becoming black as sackcloth and the moon turning to blood are the inner weather of mind when the old light no longer informs your sense of reality; they signal that you are ready to exchange appearances for truth. I beheld is your inner watcher, the I AM, looking upon its own dream and recognizing that the dream is yours to revise. When you declare internally, 'I AM,' you do not calm the world by begging for mercy; you unlock the causal power of awareness to reorganize the scene. The kingdom of God is present as a state of consciousness you can inhabit now, not a future event. The apparent catastrophe gives way to a new alignment: you choose to see through the light of the I AM, and the inner signs follow your decree. In this way the prophecy becomes a promise you live, here and now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I AM.' Feel the inner earthquake loosening old self-images; then imagine the sun inside brightening and the moon returning to light, as you dwell in the Kingdom within.