Neville Goddard on Amos 9:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Amos 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

3And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

5And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

6It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

7Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

8Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

9For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Amos 9:1-10

Biblical Context

God’s judgment pours over the nation; no place escapes the divine gaze, and though the kingdom is sifted and sinners die, the house of Jacob is spared.</br>

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Amos, the LORD is the I AM standing at your inner altar. The altar is your central awareness; when you command 'smite the lintel,' you shake the self-made posts of limitation so that the doors of your mind fall away from the illusions you’ve believed. The imagery shows that no corner of consciousness can escape the all-seeing eye of your own imagining. The 'last' slain is the last grip of an old self or story that thinks separation keeps you from God; as you revise and feel it real, those remnants die and your new state arises. The sift is your inner selectivity—passing only what belongs to your end-state, like corn through a sieve. The eyes of the Lord God rest upon you, not for punishment, but to reveal that you are already what you seek. When you stop fleeing and dwell in the truth of your oneness, the appearances of judgment melt into the flood of awareness, and the house of Jacob—your essential nature—awakens.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the end you desire is already real. Feel the settled certainty in your chest and let any trace of lack dissolve as you hold that end in your imagination.