Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 8:1 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 8 in context

Scripture Focus

1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

Ezekiel 8:1

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 8:1 shows the moment the Lord's hand falls on Ezekiel as he sits with the elders, signaling a divine visitation and the beginning of his prophetic commission. It marks the start of his prophetic experience and inner commissioning.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture Ezekiel seated in his house with the elders before him, and in that moment the hand of the Lord falls upon him. This is not a report of an event out there, but a symbol of a new state of awareness waking within. The hand is the I AM reaching into your consciousness, a touch of grace that shifts your inner weather from doubt to certainty. The sixth year, the sixth month, the fifth day mark a precise moment in your inner time when you decide to inhabit truth rather than chase it. The elders symbolize worn opinions and external authorities; their presence invites you to seal them with your own inner 'Yes' to God within. The visitation opens your vocation—the prophetic voice within—by aligning your imagination with the reality you already are. When you sit still and imagine, you are not waiting for a visitation, you are becoming the visitation. Let the I AM rest upon you now, and let feeling of being known and guided flood your sense of time and purpose.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit in quiet and declare, 'The hand of the Lord rests upon me now.' Feel the I AM rise as a tangible presence and carry that certainty into your next moment.