The Inner Prophetic Test

Zechariah 13:3-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Zechariah 13 in context

Scripture Focus

3And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
5But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
6And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Zechariah 13:3-6

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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