Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 21:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 21 in context

Scripture Focus

3And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

4Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

5That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

Ezekiel 21:3-5

Biblical Context

God declares judgment by drawing His sword to cut off both the righteous and the wicked, sweeping across all flesh so that everyone may know the LORD has drawn forth His sword and it will not return.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's voice, the land of Israel becomes the landscape of your own consciousness. The LORD against thee signifies the moment your awareness confronts a state you are identifying as real. The sword drawn from its sheath is the decisive movement of attention, the inner action that reveals what you have allowed to be true in your mind. To cut off the righteous and the wicked is to observe the two familiar selves within—the disciplined and the undisciplined thoughts—and to let the inner judgment do its work of clarifying and unifying. The sweep from south to north represents a complete circulation of awareness through every corner of your psyche, until every facet of thought recognizes that I the LORD am the one who commands this movement. When this inner sword is drawn and the recognition is irreversible, the old split or threat dissolves, for you know your true dominion is in the I AM, the ever-present LORD of your experience.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and affirm, I AM the LORD of my inner world. Imagine drawing the sword of attention and gently severing the old, limiting narratives. Feel the unity of all thoughts as one conscious knowers, and declare, the sword will not return; I am that I AM.