Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 21:18-21 - Mystical Bible 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;

20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

Biblical Context

The passage describes a son who will not listen to his parents. The community then executes the punishment to remove evil.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of this decree as a map of inner life. The stubborn son is a fixed mental state in you that resists your higher voice. The father and mother are the disciplines of conscience; the elders are the wiser self that governs your thoughts. To 'stone' the state is to let the old belief die by the fire of awareness. When you chastise the state and it remains unmoved, turn your attention inward and know you are not the stubborn mind but the I AM observing it. Fear and guilt reveal themselves as pictures in consciousness; they fade when you claim your oneness with God and refuse to identify with separation. The so-called evil to be removed is the belief that you are other than God. The cure is simple: assume the I AM as your permanent state and revise the story until it yields harmony.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare I AM is the only governor of your life. Then revise the inner scene: watch the stubborn impulse soften and align with the God-awareness you stand in.