Neville Goddard on Exodus 34:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 34 in context

Scripture Focus

5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Exodus 34:5-7

Biblical Context

The LORD proclaims His name, revealing Himself as merciful, gracious, longsuffering, and faithful, forgiving iniquity and transgression. It also notes that guilt and inherited patterns can echo across generations, inviting inner renewal.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the proclamation of the LORD’s name is not an event inscribed in history but a doorway in your own consciousness. The LORD who passes by is the I AM you awaken to as your own awareness. To be merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth is to dwell in a state of steady attention, not swayed by appearances. Mercy is a felt disposition—an inner willingness to overlook the imagined separation and return everything to harmony. Forgiveness, in this sense, is the reversal of judgment inside your mind, a re-birth of right relationship with yourself and all you perceive. The phrase about keeping mercy for thousands is a hint that the effects of this state endure; the warning that the guilty will not be cleared points you to the responsibility of choosing the new air of consciousness rather than clinging to old images. And the visiting of iniquity upon generations becomes a call to revise inherited patterns by ruling them from the state of truth. If you assume that you are, now, the I AM—the Lord, the LORD God—you will discover the entire text alive within you, revealing mercy, forgiveness, and steadfast truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the I AM presence now and declare, 'The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious' as your inner reality. Feel the mercy and truth saturate your thoughts and forgive a recent fault by resting in that chosen state.