Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 33:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 33 in context

Scripture Focus

1Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

3If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

4Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

5He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

Ezekiel 33:1-6

Biblical Context

God instructs Ezekiel to warn the people when danger comes; those warned who ignore the trumpet bear their own fate, while he who warns and heeds is saved; if the watchman fails to warn, the people suffer and the watchman bears responsibility.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you stands the watchman, the I AM that never forgets the state you have decided to inhabit. The sword appears as a dramatic sense of lack, limitation, or danger; it is not coming to you from outside, but arising from your own beliefs. The trumpet the watchman blows is a deliberate act of imagination: a clear, unwavering assumption of the state you desire. If you hear the trumpet and cling to old fears, you become the one who loses the way; but if you take warning by shifting your belief, you deliver your soul from yesterday's chains. If the watchman sees danger and fails to blow, or if you refuse to heed, you remain in bondage to the old story; yet the moment you answer the warning with a new assumption, the breath of life moves into your experience. The blood will not be demanded of your true self, for your true self is the end you choose. So, know that the inner watchman is not a taskmaster, but a faithful reminder that your inner state, cultivated by imagination, writes your external life.

Practice This Now

Practice: sit quietly and imagine you are the watchman within you. When a fearful thought or lack arises, declare present-tense the state you desire and feel it real for 1–2 minutes, then carry that assumption into the next moment.