Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 31:2-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 31 in context

Scripture Focus

2Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

4The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

5Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

6All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

7Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

9I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

Ezekiel 31:2-9

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 31:2-9 contrasts a mighty cedar—the Assyrian—drawn up by waters with vast branches, sheltering all nations, and notes that such grandeur is a reflection of a root in life’s waters within the garden of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this vision, the kingdoms of men are states of consciousness you entertain. The Assyrian cedar rising in Lebanon is the mind lifted by powerful waters—your stories of dominance and success. Its top among the thick branches is your expansive ego, visible to all and fed by the currents of thought and desire. The birds and beasts that nest under it are the outcomes and people your attention attracts when you identify with that ego. In the garden of God, the tree seems beautiful and enviable, because you have mistaken the image of power for reality. The deeper teaching is that the outer scene exists in your imagination, with God as the I AM behind it, not the cedar itself. When you revise by aligning with the true I AM, you cease feeding the illusion of separate kingship. The inner root by great waters remains unmoved as you awaken to oneness with life. Then the garden recognizes its own divine presence within you, not the symbol of power.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, place your hand on your chest, and imagine you are the cedar rooted in the Garden of God, watered by the streams of awareness. Then revise any sense of outer power by affirming, 'I am the I AM; everything I call power is only my inner state showing outwardly—feel it real.'