Neville Goddard on Revelation 6:5-8 - 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.

7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Revelation 6:5-8

Biblical Context

The passage shows a third seal revealing famine-like scarcity and a precise balance of judgments; a command to protect oil and wine hints at preserving higher states, and the fourth seal introduces Death and Hell moving through a portion of the earth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the Neville Goddard frame, the opening of the third seal reveals a black horse as the inner economy of consciousness turning toward lack. The pair of balances in its hand are not cosmic weights but the mind’s exacting judgments about value; a measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny, signal the belief that sustenance must be earned through scarcity. Yet the directive to hurt not the oil and the wine is a call to protect your higher states—peace, wisdom, joy—so that the outer world can shift in harmony with your revised inside. The pale horse named Death and Hell that follow signify the old identifications dying away; power over a fourth part of the earth represents the portion of life that yields to your new impression of reality as you assume it. In this moment you are the I AM perceiver, capable of dissolving fear by imagining abundance and letting your inner vision rewrite the scene.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the feeling 'I AM provision now' and hold it until it tastes real. Revise the scene in your mind, protecting your oil and wine of inner peace, until your outward experience aligns with your inner state of abundance.