Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 25:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 25 in context

Scripture Focus

6For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

7Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 25:6-7

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 25:6-7 warns that clapping, stamping, and rejoicing over Israel's suffering reveal a divided inner mind. Because of that attitude, a corresponding judgment or loss follows, restoring the unity that had been forgotten.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this passage the land and the people are symbols of your own inner territory. The clapping and stamping speak of outward triumphs that come from an inner belief in separation from life. The heart's rejoicing marks a prideful attitude that denies the unity of all beings in the One Life. God, the I AM within you, does not punish from without; the stretch of His hand and the act of delivering you to the heathen describe the natural results of a mind that forgets its oneness. When you realize you are not two but one with the Whole, the so-called judgment dissolves into a clearing of old mental states. The verse becomes a reminder that every scene you judge as separate is a mirror of your own consciousness. You can choose to revise this: affirm that I AM the Lord of my own experience, and that I am forever one with all life. In that moment, suffering and exile lose their sting and your life reorganizes around unity.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: in a quiet moment, assume I AM as the one presence with no others punished by external events. Revise any judgment of others’ suffering by feeling unity saturating your chest.