Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 3:17-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

17Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

18When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

19Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

20Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

21Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

Ezekiel 3:17-21

Biblical Context

Ezekiel is appointed as a watchman over Israel, warned to warn others of their path; warning can save lives and negligence bears personal responsibility, while fidelity to truth sustains life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Ezekiel’s commission as your own I AM appointing you as gatekeeper of your interior world. The 'wicked' are the stubborn habits and beliefs you still tolerate; the command to warn them is a summons to interrupt habitual thought with a higher vision. When the prompt comes, hear it as your own inner mouth speaking truth to form: to say, 'you shall die' to what no longer serves is to deny it space in your life. If you neglect to warn, the inner life you might have built dies softly, and your sense of responsibility is on your hands. But if you warn the wicked and they do not turn, you have nonetheless delivered your soul by standing faithful to the principle that imagination creates; the outcome may resist, yet your fidelity remains. If you warn the righteous, and they sin not, they live because you have kept the line of possibility clear. The entire scene is a drama of consciousness: you are the Watchman and the world is the script your I AM writes into form. Practice the assumption that you already are the one who speaks truth into your own being.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume the watcher stance in your mind, and silently declare to a limiting habit: 'You are healed; a higher vision replaces you.' Feel the inner shift as deliverance takes hold.