Neville Goddard on Revelation 9:20-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Revelation 9 in context

Scripture Focus

20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Revelation 9:20-21

Biblical Context

Many refuse to turn from their own idols and harmful deeds, even after life’s plagues. They do not repent, preserving old patterns rather than turning to a higher awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Revelation 9:20-21 whispers to the inner man: the plagues of life, when not seen as punishment but as revelation, show you the idols by which you live. The rest of the men, in the language of this vision, refuse to turn from the works of their hands—worshiping devils and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood—because they have not shifted their center of gravity from external forms to the I AM within. In Neville’s terms, these are states of consciousness clinging to visible securities, status, or habit, insisting that life’s value comes from what can be seen, heard, or owned. The passages about murders, sorceries, fornication, thefts speak not merely of actions but of the old mental patterns that justify separation and fear. The invitation is to repent by changing the assumption that the self is defined by idols or by a world’s judgments; to awaken to the immutable I AM, your true self, which cannot be touched by forms. When you reidentify as the I AM, the urge to worship images dissolves, and the inner order settles into harmony.