Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 20:33-38 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 20 in context

Scripture Focus

33As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

34And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

36Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.

37And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

38And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:33-38

Biblical Context

The passage speaks of God ruling with power, gathering the dispersed, and pleading with his people in the wilderness to renew the covenant.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Ezekiel 20:33-38 you hear the inner decree of the I AM speaking as your own consciousness. The mighty hand and stretched arm are the decisive acts of imagination by which you rule your inner world. Exile and gathering describe the shifts of your states of mind when scattered beliefs are drawn into one field of awareness. The wilderness is the space where God pleads with you face to face—your awareness dialoguing with your beliefs, calling them to account. Passing under the rod is the gentle discipline of examining thoughts and feelings, inviting them into the covenant of your true self. The purge of rebels is the release of fear, doubt, and old identity scripts that no longer serve your wholeness. Entering the covenant means recognizing the LORD within here and now; you are the I AM, and your inner kingdom is established in present consciousness. This is not distant judgment but immediate renewal of your sense of self, aligned with the divine presence that you are.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you are already under the I AM's mighty hand, gathered into a single horizon of awareness. Then revise any fear as rebels and affirm, I AM the LORD of this inner land.