Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 3:24-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

24Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.

25But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:

26And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

27But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 3:24-27

Biblical Context

Ezekiel is moved by the spirit and set on his feet, told to retreat inside his house. Yet God promises to open his mouth at the right moment to declare the Lord’s message.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Ezekiel's experience as a waking within your own consciousness. The spirit entering and setting your feet is the moment your awareness rises, accepting responsibility for a message you carry. The instruction to shut thyself within thine house is the discipline of inner quiet, a boundary where you withdraw from outward judgments to hear the I AM within. The threatens that bands will be laid and your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth is not punishment but the natural tightening of old mental habits under the pressure of truth you are about to declare. When the Lord says, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say Thus saith the Lord GOD, He reveals the method: imagination is the instrument through which the divine message emerges. You do not argue with the rebellious house; you become the living stillness that allows the voice of the I AM to speak through you, and the hearers are those who have prepared their hearts. Your vocation is to maintain this inner act until spoken words become external reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit in stillness and imagine the inner room; revise any current limitation by declaring, 'I am the open mouth of the Lord within me.' Feel it real for a minute and then let the inner voice guide your next word or action.