Neville Goddard on Zechariah 12:3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Zechariah 12 in context

Scripture Focus

3And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

Zechariah 12:3

Biblical Context

The verse presents Jerusalem as a burdensome stone that all would bear or move, signaling a test of shared burdens and accountability.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the Neville Goddard frame, Zechariah 12:3 becomes a mirror of your inner state. The burdensome stone is not a city on earth but a weight you imagine as real, a shape taken by collective thought that you have momentarily consented to carry. When you identify with this weight you feel the world press you into a trance of fear, doubt, and separateness; yet the verse announces a shift: in your day the stone can become a stumbling block no more. The I AM in you, the inner Jerusalem, can reframe the stone as a signpost of divine presence. Providence is not a distant plan but your own awareness choosing not to bear what it cannot. The external gatherers are only the many voices of mental habit; your real power is to revise the scene in imagination and to feel the weight dissolve as you affirm that the burden you carry is a belief and not a fact. Rest in the truth that God is within you now, and let the stone be transmuted into a cornerstone of peace.

Practice This Now

Practice: Close your eyes and assume the I AM as inner Jerusalem, revise the scene by affirming the burden is not real, and feel the weight dissolve as you imagine lifting the stone and inviting divine guidance.