Neville Goddard on Zechariah 1:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Zechariah 1 in context

Scripture Focus

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 1:4-6

Biblical Context

The passage urges you not to imitate your ancestors who ignored the prophets, to turn from evil ways, and to heed the words of the LORD spoken through the prophets.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the inner eye, Zechariah's words are not distant judgments but invitations from your own higher I AM. The 'fathers' and the 'prophets' are inner states—the habits of fear, doubt, and resistance—that you have allowed to rule your mind. When the text says 'Turn ye now from your evil ways,' it is a call to revise the operating state of consciousness that has produced outward appearances. The Lord of hosts is not a external deity but the stable witness who notices every thought. If your thoughts have taken hold of your life, it is because you have accepted those old pictures as real; the question 'Where are they?' asks you to observe that those past mentalities live only as you entertain them in this present moment. The 'words and statutes' of the prophets—your inner laws of possibility—do not apply until you assent and feel them as true. Align with the inner guidance, and the outer world shifts to reflect your new state. You are called to remember and dwell in the assurance that your imagination, properly attended, writes reality.

Practice This Now

Step into it now: close your eyes and declare I am the I AM; I turn from my old ways now. Feel the new state as real and let the image sink into your consciousness.