Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 33:21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 33 in context

Scripture Focus

21And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

Ezekiel 33:21

Biblical Context

Jerusalem's messenger reports that the city is smitten during the twelfth year of captivity. This moment frames exile as judgment but also a prompt for inner reckoning.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the news of a city fallen is not a report about an external ruin but a mirror of your own inner states. The city is smitten each time you believe your life is governed by hostile forces. The twelfth year of captivity signals a long habit of fear, yet the messenger who escaped from Jerusalem is not coming to condemn you; he comes as your own awakened awareness returning to declare what is real in you. The I AM is not mere name; it is the consciousness that witnesses, and within that witness, the city can no longer be held as static. When you hear 'The city is smitten,' do not insist on the ruin; revise the premise. Imagine the inner city refashioned by a higher order, not by external events. Your interpretation becomes the building block of reality: shift your assumption, feel the truth of it, and let imagination do the rest. In that moment, the exile dissolves; you awaken to the Kingdom of God within, where Jerusalem rises from within you as a state of joy, abundance, and freedom.

Practice This Now

Assume the renovation is already done: you are inside the rebuilt inner city. Say softly, 'I am the I AM, and this inner Jerusalem is mine,' and feel it in your body until it feels real.