Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 4:15-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 4 in context

Scripture Focus

15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

17The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

18The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

20But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

Deuteronomy 4:15-20

Biblical Context

Guard your inner state, for you saw no image when the Lord spoke at Horeb. Idols of wood, stone, or starry heavens are symbols of outer focus; you are called to be God’s inheritance.

Neville's Inner Vision

The command against making images points to a deeper law: true worship is inward alignment with the I AM, the unchanging awareness you are. God is the I AM within you, the self that imagines and experiences. When you cling to a symbol or treat a star as source, you empower a counterfeit power to govern your mood. The outer world becomes an idol only if you mistake appearance for reality. The iron furnace of Egypt symbolizes old, fear-born self-images from which you are being led to inheritance, a state of conscious creation. If you fix your gaze on external rites, you obscure the living presence within and forget you are the cause of every image you behold. Reclaim sovereignty by assuming the posture of I AM here and now, and let that inner reality govern thought, feeling, and life.

Practice This Now

Practice: in a quiet moment, declare I AM, and feel that all images you encounter are appearances of your own inner awareness. If an image tempts you, revise it by affirming that you are the source of every form.