Neville Goddard on Exodus 34:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 34 in context

Scripture Focus

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 34:6-7

Biblical Context

God is merciful and faithful, slow to anger and rich in kindness. He forgives transgression and keeps mercy for many, while accountability and inner patterns echo through generations.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the watcher within, the LORD is not a distant judge but the I AM that you are aware of. When you declare 'The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious,' you are naming the dispositions you choose to dwell in. The 'longsuffering' nature is the patient, unhurried imagination that forgives and works through perception. 'Abundant in goodness and truth' is the richness of your inner atmosphere when you refuse to condemn and instead persist in love. Keeping mercy for thousands means your inner climate covers countless moments of consciousness; forgiveness of iniquity and sin is the revision of the scene in your mind, you soften guilt by imagining it dissolved. The clause 'visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children' is the awareness that old sleeping patterns repeat until you wake; you can break the chain by choosing, in your present I AM, to forgive and to reset. The 'not clearing the guilty' reminds you of accountability within your inner law; your imagination returns to itself, and therefore all your outcomes reflect your inner state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and, in present tense, declare, I AM mercy; imagine a recent fault dissolving as you feel the feeling of forgiveness filling you. Then revise the scene by dwelling in a mood of grace for a few minutes, letting the sensation of 'not guilty' linger in your chest.