Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 16:36-38 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 16 in context

Scripture Focus

36Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

37Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

38And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

Ezekiel 16:36-38

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 16:36-38 depicts exposure of spiritual infidelity and judgment by gathering all lovers and idols to reveal nakedness. In Neville's lens, these are inner states and attachments that shape what we experience.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, Ezekiel's message is a wakeful dream about inner states. The filthiness poured out and the nakedness uncovered are not external judgments; they reveal the beliefs you have fed with attention until they harden into life. The lovers and idols are your attachments to pictures of yourself—approval, security, possession, and popular opinion—things you have invited to stand in the place of the I AM. When you gather them, you see your inner theatre naked, and the momentum of fear and craving is exposed as the energy that fuels results. The blood is the charged emotion you spill when you resist a revision of yourself; jealousy, anger, and blame are simply the weather of a mind not yet aligned with its one true relationship. The decree to gather and expose is not a punishment but a blueprint: awaken to the fact that you are the imaginer, and thus you can revise the content of your world by choosing a truer identity. The inner judge is your own consciousness returning you to unity with the I AM, where true sovereignty and loyalty reside.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, assume the consciousness of the I AM as your permanent state. Then envision gathering all attachments—fear, need for approval, lingering judgments—into a radiant circle and dissolving them in the light of your inner identity.