Neville Goddard on Amos 6:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Amos 6 in context

Scripture Focus

2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

4That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Amos 6:2-4

Biblical Context

Amos 6:2-4 shows that chasing borders, luxury, and comfort reveals an inner state that ignores the day of evil.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the Neville lens, the cities Calneh, Hamath, and Gath stand not as places on a map but as states of mind you entertain. When you study them you are not judging ancient borders but surveying your own consciousness. The question 'be they better than these kingdoms?' becomes a test of what you value as security: do you rely on wealth, status, or public display, or on the unshakable I AM within? The 'evil day' you push away is the moment you resist responsibility for your life, the inner impulse toward self-importance that would set you above consequence. The beds of ivory and couches are not mere luxury but inner postures that pretend separation from abundance, that tempt you to hoard the lambs of the world to feel alive. In the Neville approach, abundance already exists as your consciousness itself; you are the awareness that makes experiences appear. As you revise from 'I am poor' to 'I am the I AM, the source of all wealth,' the borders you feared dissolve and life flows from the quiet center you are.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, repeat I am the I AM, and feel abundance as present; rest in that realization and let it color your sense of security.