Neville Goddard on Revelation 9:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 9 in context

Scripture Focus

17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

18By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

Revelation 9:17-18

Biblical Context

The vision shows horses bearing fiery breastplates whose lion-like heads spew fire, smoke, and brimstone. A third part of humanity is slain by these forces.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold, in your inner theater, the horses are not strangers but states of consciousness you entertain. The breastplates of fire, jacinth, and brimstone are the three currents of thought you clothe yourself in: the heat of desire (fire), the cooling blue of judgment and doubt (jacinth), and the harsh voice of condemnation (brimstone). The heads of lions suggest an uncompromising self-assertion ruling the scene. From their mouths come fire, smoke, and brimstone—your spoken assumptions and the stories you rehearse about danger and necessity. As you presently inhabit these images, a third part of humanity within you is killed—old beliefs, self-images, or ways of reacting that no longer serve your life. The outer plague is a reflection of inner belief; as you repent by assumption, you do not fight the world, you revise the consciousness that births it. In Neville's terms, you are not a spectator but the I AM perceiving and creating. The requested change is not to escape trouble but to withdraw identification from the old state and awaken to a new, unified reality.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of the I AM as the observer of this vision; revise the scene by affirming, 'I AM the one who creates this, and I AM free now' while deliberately feeling the truth as if it already is.