Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 29:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 29 in context

Scripture Focus

3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

4But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

Ezekiel 29:3-4

Biblical Context

Pharaoh's dragon in the rivers shows the ego clinging to external control. Ezekiel's words signal a call to lift out of that self-made current.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Ezekiel, the great dragon lying in the midst of his rivers is the ego’s claim: 'my river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.' But I am the I AM, awareness that watches the currents of thought. When I claim ownership of the river, I am only projecting a self-built kingdom. The Lord God, speaking within, declares opposition to that dragon and sends hooks to the jaws—not as punishment, but as a shift of attention: I am pulled to a higher current where the currents no longer feed the old self-image. The fish of the rivers, the habits and beliefs that cling to the scales of my identity, are loosened; they cannot resist the pull that comes from seeing through the illusion of separation. I am being lifted up out of the midst of my rivers; I rise above the belief that the self is defined by externals. The purpose is not to destroy but to awaken: to realize that the real power is the I AM, the conscious witness that commands the waters.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, imagine an inner river, and declare, 'I am the I AM; the river exists as my awareness.' Feel the old dragon loosen its grip and rise with you into a clearer, unconditioned state.