Seeing the Inner Face of God
Exodus 33:19-20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Exodus 33 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
God promises to reveal His goodness and name, distributing mercy and grace at His own will. He also warns that no one can behold His face directly.
Neville's Inner Vision
To the reader within, the 'face' of God is not a distant contour to be seen with the eyes but a symbol for the state of awareness you inhabit. When Exodus says, 'I will make all my goodness pass before thee,' it speaks of a mental movement: your present consciousness being rearranged so that the quality of goodness—loving-kindness, mercy, and favor—passes through the field of your inner sight. 'I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee' becomes the recognition of your own I AM, naming and thus summoning the divine quality you wish to live by. 'I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious' translates to: grace is not dispersed externally but granted to the state you choose to occupy in imagination. 'I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy' means mercy flows as you align with your true nature, not as a token from without. The admonition that you cannot see my face and live is a reminder that the full, external vision is beyond the present state; yet by turning inward, you can dwell in the presence that lights all things. Practice: shift your current inner state into the capacity to hold and radiate this presence, and the outer will reflect it.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and assume you are already the gracious state of God in you; feel mercy passing before your inner gaze and dwell in that light as your own. Then repeat, 'I am the I AM,' until that presence feels real and shows itself in your daily life.
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