Inner Image Prohibition

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the lens of Neville Goddard, Deuteronomy 16:22 becomes a map of your inner landscape. An 'image' is not merely a carved idol; it is any fixed picture you hold about God, or about what God must be, in your consciousness. The LORD thy God hateth such images because they pin the living I AM into a shape you can control. In truth, you are the state in which you imagine; any persistent image you cling to becomes a prayer for limitation, a substitute for direct awareness of the divine. When you worship an external form—be it a statue, a creed, or a mental picture—you are worshiping a symbol, not the source. Neville teaches that God is the I AM here and now, not a distant object to be managed by rules. Therefore, the invitation is to dissolve the idol of form and awaken to the living presence that animates every thought and feeling. The command is a call to revise your inner pictures until there is no other image between you and the reality you call God.