Worthy Is the Lamb: The Power of Assumed Identity

“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.”

— Revelation 5:12

In the haunting beauty of the Book of Revelation, we are presented with a cosmic chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.” To the traditional reader, this is a statement about Jesus. But to the awakened reader—one who, like Neville Goddard, understands the Bible as psychological drama—it is far more intimate. This verse is not about a historical figure. It is about you, the individual, and the sacrifice required to become who you choose to be.

The Slain Lamb: Your Imagined Self

In Neville’s language, the “Lamb” symbolises the assumed identity—that inner image you dare to accept as true. To assume a new state of consciousness is to “slay” the old self. You no longer respond as you once did. You no longer identify with lack, limitation, or defeat. You place your awareness in a new mould and let the old fall away.

This is no casual affair. To die daily, as Paul said, is to continually sacrifice every unworthy self-concept for the truth of your desire fulfilled. And so, the Lamb is slain—the old man is crucified, that the new man might rise.

Why Is the Lamb Worthy?

The Lamb is worthy because it has accepted the death of the old identity. The slain identity—once ridiculed, ignored, or dismissed—is now crowned with “power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.”

These are not external rewards. These are inner faculties awakened when you persist in the assumption of your desired state:

• Power – The authority to imagine and remain faithful.

• Riches – The wealth of inner conviction.

• Wisdom – The insight that comes from walking in your assumed end.

• Strength – The ability to hold fast when outer appearances contradict.

• Honour – The deep reverence you develop for your own imagination.

• Glory – The radiance of being aligned with your true identity.

• Blessing – The outpouring of fulfilled desire from within.

All of this is the reward for inner obedience—not to laws or traditions, but to your own vision.

The Heavenly Choir: A Mirror of Inner Agreement

The verse paints a picture of “many angels... saying with a loud voice”. This is the inner world erupting in agreement. When you truly assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, every faculty within you—emotion, thought, imagination, memory—sings in chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb.”

You feel the state. You accept it. And your subconscious yields to it. This is not praise given to something outside of you. It is recognition of what your inner act has accomplished.

The Inner Sacrifice Is Always Worthy

Neville taught that imagining creates reality. But more subtly, he taught that imagination requires the offering up of all lesser assumptions. You cannot imagine richly and still live in the shell of who you used to be. Something must die. That is the Lamb. That is the sacrifice.

And it is always worthy.

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Final Reflection

Worthy is the Lamb is not a cry to the heavens—it is the soul’s own acknowledgment that the imagined self, once mocked or doubted, is now enthroned. In your quiet acts of assumption—in your choice to persist in the unseen—you have slain the old and birthed the new. That is worth every honour.