Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 28:20-26 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 28 in context

Scripture Focus

20The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

21The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

22The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

23And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

24The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

25The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

26And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

Deuteronomy 28:20-26

Biblical Context

The passage describes God sending curses and hardships when the people turn away from Him, bringing pestilence, defeat, and exile as consequences.

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember: the LORD is the I AM within you. When I misidentify with form—when I turn from the Source to the thing seen—curses arise as inner weather: vexation, rebuke, and sense of destruction. The brass heaven and iron earth are the mind's stiffness, the pestilence and fever are thoughts running without the anchor of God. These are not external punishments but signals that I have forgotten my oneness. The remedy is not beseeching external powers but revising your state. In imagination, assume that you live within a harmony with God, that the rain of your land is the dew of idea, and that you are protected by the truth you inhabit. Then the outward scenes shift to reflect your inward certainty.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit, close your eyes, and revise a current trouble by stating, 'I am one with God; I now live in the promised land within.' Feel the truth as real until the image matches your desire.