Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 11:12-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 11 in context

Scripture Focus

12And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

13And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

14Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

15Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.

16Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

17Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

18And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

20That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

21But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 11:12-21

Biblical Context

God declares they did not walk in His statutes and followed the surrounding nations. Yet He promises to gather them, renew their hearts, and make them His people.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your present life is Ezekiel’s vision waking inside you. The Lord is the I AM you identify with, not a distant ruler but the awareness that cannot be separated from its own conditions. When you notice that you have not walked in His statutes, you are simply naming old patterns of thought. Yet the word comes as a summons: I will be to you as a little sanctuary in the lands you come to. I will gather you from the scattered states of mind and place you in the land of your own awareness. I will give them one heart and a new spirit; I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh. This is inner renewal, not external reform. So you begin to live from that inner sanctuary, walk in My statutes in your daily choices, and feel the becoming of My people—God within you becoming your own God. The judgment promised is the natural consequence of a shift in consciousness, the recompense of embracing your true state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and declare, 'I am gathered now, I have one heart and a new spirit within me.' Sit in the felt sense of that sanctuary and carry it into today’s actions.