Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 28:45-48 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 28 in context

Scripture Focus

45Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

46And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

47Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

Deuteronomy 28:45-48

Biblical Context

These verses describe curses that pursue the disobedient until destruction, as signs that one has forgotten to serve the Lord with joy. They link lack and hardship to not serving the LORD with gladness, and foretell servitude in hunger, thirst, and want.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner kingdom, these curses are not external punishments but the mind’s own drafts of lack and fear. The lines show a soul that has forgotten to heed the I AM within—God as awareness—and therefore lives under the tyranny of scarcity. The “sign” upon the seed suggests that a held belief hardens into habit and can echo through generations of thought. To “serve thy enemies” is to obey the mental laws of limitation, to wear a yoke of iron forged by persistent negative assumptions. The cure is not appeasing a distant God, but turning with joy to the inner lord, the consciousness that already abundantly provides. When obedience becomes alignment with the inner statutes of imagination, the inner state shifts and the outer circumstances reconfigure. The curses dissolve as the mind embraces a new Creed of I AM—freedom, abundance, and loyalty to the authentic self—the true promised land within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: For 5 minutes, sit quietly and revise by breathing in the feeling of abundance, then declare softly, 'I am abundant, cared for by the I AM within me,' letting that state saturate your chest until it feels real.