Neville Goddard Lectures: “A Prophecy” (1967)

02 Jun Neville Goddard Lectures: “A Prophecy” (1967)

4/10/67

Tonight I call it “A Prophecy.” We’re told in scripture, “Where there is no prophecy the people cast off restraint.” This phrase is also interpreted, “Where there is no vision the people perish” (Prov.29:18). Prophecy is the word of the Lord God Jehovah. And the Lord God Jehovah is he who was, and is, and is to come. So here, this word partakes of and is related to the past, and the present, and the future.

So let me share with you what was given to me a few days ago. What would it really matter if you owned this whole vast world and did not actually experience this? What would it matter if in a few days, only a few days, you died and that was it? Well here, listen to this carefully. I have told you through the years now since it happened to me back in l959, for I knew nothing of it prior to that. It came like a bombshell. I knew nothing of the reality of David. I knew nothing of the reality of this fantastic prophecy as stated in the Old Testament. I did not know until it happened to me that the New Testament was only fulfillment. I didn’t know it.

Well now, last week a very dear friend of mine, and this is what happened to her on 24th of March and this voice spoke to her. Now this is a lady and may I tell you very feminine, very, very much the lady and very feminine. The voice said to her, “You are David, my dear, and I want to love you with all my heart. I am God. I am. I am. I am. And I am you.” And that’s it. Listen to it carefully, “You are David, my dear, and I want to love you with all my heart. I am God. I am. I am. I am. And I am you.” What an experience!

Here, I have told you the whole story is told in this simple little drama, that God is bringing himself forward. God is love. You can’t conceive of a lover without a beloved. It’s inconceivable. I must have an object of my love if I am a lover. The word David means “the beloved.” I must bring forward that to share with me my creative enterprise. He’s bringing forth his creative power, and that creative power is David. There is nothing but God and his creative power, and he’s bringing it forward, and it is David. Here is a lady, very much a woman, very feminine in every sense of the word, and here she is called David. Here, the voice is saying to her, “I am God and I am you.” “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30). So I tell you this is the most wonderful revelation that one could ever have.

But now, let me refer you to the 89th Psalm. This is it, “I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord forever; and with my mouth I will praise his steadfastness, his faithfulness to all generations.” And now it ___(??)…there are fifty-two verses in this 89th Psalm. You can divide it into four parts. The first four verses is simply a preface—it’s what it’s going to do—it’s all a preface. Then comes from the 5th, as I would divide it, through the 18th, it’s a healing praise of the Lord. And then, from the 19th to the 37th, it’s an oracle of all that the Lord God has promised to David. Then from the 38th to the 51st, it is simply a lament— everything he promised seems to turn to dust. He’s promised every conceivable thing in this world to David, and then it turns to dust. But, the very last, the 52nd verse, he ends, “Blessed be the Lord forever.”