Neville Goddard on Amos 5:4-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Amos 5 in context

Scripture Focus

4For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

5But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

6Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

8Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:4-15

Biblical Context

The passage invites Israel to seek the Lord for life and to pursue justice, warning against reliance on external sanctuaries. It condemns social injustice and urges establishing judgment at the gate, promising that God may be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Neville's Inner Vision

Seek ye me, and ye shall live is not a call to a distant temple but an invitation to turn your awareness to the I Am within. Bethel and Gilgal are not places but fixed attitudes in consciousness; true worship occurs when your inner gate is governed by righteousness, not fear or gain. The Lord who sets streams of light, morning from night, and who creates order in chaos, is the living I Am inside you. Strengthen the powerless impulses within—the neglected parts of your being—so they may stand against the fortress of limitation. When you hate evil and love good, you establish justice at the gate, and grace moves through your entire being as living power. Aligning with truth opens a gracious remnant within, a seed that survives judgment and returns prosperity to your inner kingdom. Your world shifts as your consciousness chooses to govern the gate with compassion, truth, and courage.

Practice This Now

Sit in stillness and declare, 'I seek good, and I shall live.' Visualize the inner gate of your mind opening to admit strength to the weak within, and feel justice taking its rightful place at that gate as grace flows through you.