Neville Goddard on Revelation 8:7-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 8 in context

Scripture Focus

7The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

Revelation 8:7-12

Biblical Context

Revelation 8:7-12 describes a sequence of trumpet plagues: hail and fire burn a third of the trees and all green grass, and a great burning mountain is cast into the sea. The sea turns to blood, a third of its creatures die and ships are destroyed, a star named Wormwood makes a third of the waters bitter, and a third of the sun, moon, and stars are darkened.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this vision, the trumpets are inner vibrations of consciousness, not external punishments. Each fire and fall signifies a belief that presently rules your feeling world and must be burned away for renewal. The hail and fire scorch the fixed forms of habit—the trees and grass of your mind—clearing space for new awareness. The mountain tossed into the sea represents a dominant thought overturning your emotional climate, turning vitality into intense color and risk; yet this upheaval reveals how your inner seas can be transformed rather than conquered. The Wormwood bitterness warns that clinging to a bitter judgment about life poisons your waters; you die to a version of yourself when you accept a higher view. The darkening of sun, moon, and stars signals a temporary thinning of outer light as you learn to trust the inner sight. The invitation of the passage is to revise what you believe is real, and to acknowledge the inner state of wholeness already present within you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, breathe, and repeat, 'I am the I AM; my inner state is whole and transforming now.' Then dwell in the felt sense of being already complete, and introduce wholeness into your ongoing experience.