Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 33:12-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 33 in context

Scripture Focus

12Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

13When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

14Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

15If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

16None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

17Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

19But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

20Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

Ezekiel 33:12-20

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 33:12-20 teaches that righteousness cannot save you if you persist in transgression, and that turning from wickedness or clinging to false righteousness leads to life. Each soul is judged by the turns they make toward lawful living.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, Ezekiel speaks to the inner you—the I AM that watches and chooses. The righteousness you tout is not a shield in the day you transgress; the day arrives when the state you inhabit is proven by the act that follows, not by a memory. If you trust you are already righteous and yet yield to a fault, your righteousness cannot be recalled in the moment of choice; you die to that memory and awaken to the consequence of your act. Yet when the wicked turn from their sin and walk in life—when they decide to live by lawful action—the inner law moves and life becomes their experience. The inner turning is not denial but alignment; it is a deliberate shift of your consciousness into the pattern of living. The 'way of the Lord' becomes your present practice of decision, not a distant judgment. You are judged by the states you inhabit, by the turns you take, right here, right now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise: declare, 'From this moment I turn from that which denies life and align with the I AM, living the lawful and right path now,' and feel the new state as real.