Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 13:7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 13 in context

Scripture Focus

7Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

Deuteronomy 13:7

Biblical Context

Deuteronomy 13:7 speaks of the gods of other peoples, near or far, as idols to beware; the verse highlights how worship and allegiance are framed by inner states rather than distant places.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold the verse as a map of your own interior geography. The gods spoken of are not distant deities but the circulating images of allegiance that stand round about your attention—near or far, from end of earth to end of earth. In Neville's fashion, nothing is apart from consciousness: God, or I AM, is the awareness that feels and imagines. To worship outward idols is to submit your feeling to a memory of power; to worship truly is to reverse the scenery and claim that you, the I AM, are the source of all movement. When you turn from the outer statues to the inner throne, you discover that the only gods that persist are those you have rehearsed in imagination. By assuming a new state— 'I am the Power here'—you revise the outer experience, and the world follows. The verse in your heart becomes the invitation: acknowledge the kingdom within, where all men and all objects obey the sentience that you are.