The Jealous I Am Within

Exodus 20:5-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Exodus 20 in context

Scripture Focus

5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exodus 20:5-6

Biblical Context

Exodus 20:5-6 commands turning away from idols and serving the Lord, who is a jealous God; He punishes the misdirected, while mercy rests on those who love Him and keep His commandments. The inner meaning invites a shift of inner allegiance from external images to the I AM within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the scripture, God is the I AM that stands as your undeniable awareness. The jealousy is the fiery guardianship of your own consciousness, insisting that you do not appease any idol of fear, lack, or separation. When you bow to an idol—whether doubt, habit, or a felt lack—you hand over part of your creative power and watch its effects ripple through your life. The line about visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children who hate me is the inner recurrence of old beliefs; they repeat because you have not yet re-imagined them. Change the inner posture, and the outer pattern alters; the echo of old karma dissolves as new attention is given to the truth of your unity with the I AM. To love me and keep my commandments is to keep faith with the living reality within you, to honor the steady light of awareness over transient appearance. Mercy to thousands becomes your daily experience as you persist in this inner alignment, choosing the truth you desire until it becomes your lived world.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and declare I AM the jealous God of my life; there are no other powers before me. Then revise a lingering fear by affirming that I love and keep the commandments of my inner truth, and feel this new alignment as real in my chest and world.

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