Grapes of Mind: Ezekiel 18:2
Ezekiel 18:2 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ezekiel 18 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Ezekiel 18:2 questions the proverb that 'fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge,' reframing it as a matter of inner belief about cause and effect rather than fixed guilt.
Neville's Inner Vision
Imagine Ezekiel's land as your inner kingdom, a field tended by consciousness. The 'fathers' are old beliefs, the 'children' the fresh sensations born in your present moment. The sour grapes symbolize memories of limitation you've tasted in the past, and the 'teeth set on edge' is the sharpened sensitivity you carry when you still act from that past. The proverb reflects a common habit: we believe a history outside the I AM determines our mood and circumstances. Yet in Neville's view there is no external verdict; reality is the state you inhabit and revise. When you identify with limitation, you empower it; when you revise your state to one of possibility, you rewrite the apparent cause. The only law is your I AM: claim it as the creator of your life, and surrender the old pattern. By dwelling in a new assumed state—one of abundance, clarity, and love—you naturally dissolve the memory of sour grapes and awaken to a present that reflects your new inner climate.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly, place a hand on your heart, and declare: 'I AM the source of my life; I revise the past by assuming a new inner state now.' Then hold the feeling for a minute, letting the new state take root in your imagination.
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