The Inner Rebel Transformed

Deuteronomy 21:18-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 21 in context

Scripture Focus

18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Deuteronomy 21:18-19

Biblical Context

Plain summary: If a father and mother have a stubborn and rebellious son who won't heed their correction after chastening, they must bring him to the elders at the city gate. The text frames obedience and communal accountability within a family life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within every man there arises a stubborn son—the fixed habit, the unyielding belief, the impulse that refuses the inward voice. The father and mother are your early conditioning—the memory and habit that insist on obedience to a rule. When chastening occurs, it is not punishment but an inner tribunal, a moment to present the old pattern before the elders—your higher states of consciousness—where the decision is made. To bring the son to the gate is to bring the old pattern to the boundary of your inner city, the threshold where decisions are declared. If the pattern will not heed, the remedy is a change of state, not coercion: assume I AM the obedient, listening self, aligned with your true purpose. Rehearse the feeling of that allegiance, and let the rebellious impulse fade into quiet order. The universe answers to your state of consciousness; consciousness creates form. By choosing a new assumption and feeling it real, you release the grip of rebellion and allow harmony to redefine your experience. This is the inward law: the I AM governs the events of your life when you refuse to empower the old pattern.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the obedient self now; silently declare I AM listening and obeying, and feel that state as real in your chest until the old rebellion relaxes.

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