Neville Goddard on Zechariah 1:3-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Zechariah 1 in context

Scripture Focus

3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

Zechariah 1:3-6

Biblical Context

The passage calls people to turn back to the LORD and abandon their evil ways; their fathers did not listen, yet God’s words stood ready to guide. It frames repentance as a shift of inner allegiance that changes outer conditions.

Neville's Inner Vision

Zechariah speaks of turning to the LORD and not repeating the old ways of the fathers, but for you this is not history — it is a blueprint for consciousness. When he says, Turn ye unto me, that is the I AM within you declaring, I am now your center and your source. The LORD of hosts is the inner governor whose commands are your lasting truths. The warning to be not as your fathers is a reminder that past states of mind can repeat themselves unless you change your inner weather. The words and statutes quoted are not external decrees; they are the consistent inner laws you allow to govern your life when you listen with new humility. If you align with this inner covenant, the outer scenes, the 'fathers' and 'prophets' of your former conditions, do not persist; they become answers to a question your now active I AM asks. The turning is a revision of identity: you decide, here and now, that you are the manifested version of the divine I AM, and the world follows the shift. Your repentance is the recognition that you have the power to revise, to claim the undying inner truth, and thus to restore the harmony you seek.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, place a hand on your heart, and declare, I turn to the I AM within me now. Feel the sense of alignment as old patterns loosen and a new reality takes hold.