Neville Goddard on Revelation 6:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 6 in context

Scripture Focus

5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Revelation 6:5-6

Biblical Context

In Revelation 6:5–6 a black horse bearing scales appears to announce scarcity in the world. The admonition to hurt not the oil and wine signals that inner riches endure despite outer famine.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the vision, famine is not a future event but a state of mind you entertain. The black horse and its scales are a projection of a consciousness that measures lack, as if every moment must be weighed by scarcity. When the voice commands, "a measure of wheat for a penny," you are shown that value is a function of your inner agreement, not the final decree of fate; the prices you pay are the thoughts you keep about ought and must. Yet the cry, "hurt not the oil and the wine," is not a prohibition on worldly detail but a reminder that your essential substance—oil of joy, wine of peace—survives the economic earthquake of appearances. So you are invited to revise the scene from within. Assume the I AM, your aware self, is the governor of this mental market and that supply flows from there. In this moment, imagine the scales tipping toward sufficiency, even as you stand in the perception of lack. Feel the oil and wine as present and protected, and know Providence is the activity of your own awareness, guiding you to abundance.