The Inner Prophetic Test
Zechariah 13:3-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Zechariah 13 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Zechariah 13:3-6 depicts a day when false prophets are silenced by kin, true prophets are ashamed of their visions and abandon outward signs, and a humble worker explains wounds as the marks of inner labor amid friendship.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within you, Zechariah's words are not distant judgments but a map of your inner states. The father and mother who threaten life when you prophesy are the stubborn beliefs that would terminate a new idea as soon as it dares speak. When you imagine a future that contradicts your old script, the prophesying you hear is only the old vision failing to hold. In truth, your real vocation is not a prophet-blazoned on the outer scene but a husbandman tending the inner fields of awareness. You declare I AM, I am no prophet, I am a husbandman, and you cultivate patience, ordinary labor, and soil of consciousness until the seed of your desire takes root. The wounds upon the hands symbolize the memories of past betrayals by friends; yet, they become emblems of participation in a greater fellowship—your own inner community of support. When you deliberately revise these memories by recognizing that you are always the I AM, the old signs lose their power and your new vision stands, vivid and true, in the present.
Practice This Now
Practice: Sit quietly and assume the role of a soil-tender in your inner life, declaring I AM is the ground of your reality. Feel the seed of your desire taking root as if it already exists.
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