Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 22:18-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 22 in context

Scripture Focus

18Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

19Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

20As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

21Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

22As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.

Ezekiel 22:18-22

Biblical Context

The passage portrays the people as dross melting in a furnace; God will gather them and melt away their impurities in anger, so they may know his fury.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, Ezekiel speaks to the state of your own consciousness. The house of Israel you call 'me' is the brass, tin, iron, and lead of unworked beliefs—the dross dulling your awareness. The furnace is your present mood and attention, heated by judgment and pressure; it is not punishment but the pressure required to reveal what is real. When you allow the dross to melt, you are not ruined but refined into the pure metal of I AM awareness. The gathering into the furnace and the melting are your inner revision: cease resisting the heat and imagine the end state where all is unity. As silver is melted, you are transformed into a higher wholeness, and you know the Lord has poured out fury to awaken you, not condemn you. Your suffering, in this light, is the crucible that proves you are indeed that I AM—united, purified, and vividly present.

Practice This Now

Practice: sit quietly and imagine yourself as the metal in the furnace; feel the heat refining you. Then affirm, 'I am the purified I AM,' letting this feeling of certainty soften into your daily experience.