Neville Goddard on Zechariah 4:7-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Zechariah 4 in context

Scripture Focus

7Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

8Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.

Zechariah 4:7-9

Biblical Context

Before Zerubbabel, the great mountain becomes a plain, and the hands that laid the foundation will also finish the work. The passage ends with a shout of Grace, grace, signaling divine favor and completion.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the inner ear, the great mountain is a state of consciousness you have yet to transmute. Zerubbabel represents your steadfast intention—your disciplined imagination that begins and continues the inner temple. The hands that laid the foundation are your present acts of imagining; they shall finish it because the I AM, the LORD of hosts within, has sent the message to your awareness. When you acknowledge that the end is already formed in consciousness, the obstacle dissolves and the work proceeds with grace. The headstone crying Grace, grace is the sign that effort and grace cooperate; your faculties complete what they started, under divine direction. The LORD's message to you becomes the inner assurance that the divine mind is guiding you now, proving you are not separate from the outcome. So the temple's completion is not future, but a transformation of your inner state; you simply assume the end and feel the finished house as present, and the world follows your inner conviction.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the temple is complete now; feel the walls around you as real. Whisper Grace, grace and dwell in the feeling of completion as if it is already done.