Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 32:15-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 32 in context

Scripture Focus

15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

16They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

17They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

Deuteronomy 32:15-18

Biblical Context

In Deuteronomy 32:15-18, Jeshurun grows fat, forgets God, and turns to strange gods; they sacrifice to demons rather than the Rock of salvation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner 'Israel' grows fat on ease and mistake the outward condition for life. The Rock of salvation is the I AM within you; when you identify with wealth, image, or pleasure, you forget the Source and drift toward idols. The 'strange gods' that provoke jealousy are not distant powers but displaced states of consciousness you give your attention to, beliefs you pretend are real. They become 'devils' in your mind because you resist the fact that you formed them with your imagining. When you say, 'Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful,' you admit you have forgotten your origin—the very consciousness that formed you. The cure is a reversal: in imagination, acknowledge you are the Rock; feel the Rock sustaining you right now; revise every thought that makes you dependent on externals. Return to worship as inner alignment with the I AM, letting gratitude rule your temple. As you remember the Source, the idols lose their grip and true salvation—an unshakable sense of being—emerges from within.