Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 8:12-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 8 in context

Scripture Focus

12Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

13He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.

Ezekiel 8:12-13

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 8:12-13 shows the elders secretly worshiping in darkness, thinking God cannot see them; it points to deeper inner patterns of false worship that must be brought to light.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the mind that asks, Where is God? Ezekiel answers: God is the I AM within, and the dark chambers of imagery are mere states of consciousness, not distant places. The ancients' claim that the Lord sees us not is a dream of separation, a belief in distance that makes room for idols, for images the self clings to in secret. When you turn the mental camera back upon yourself, you discover that the very act of hiding is an inner ritual of self-creation, and the 'greater abominations' are subtler misalignments—the mind insisting on its images instead of the truth of being. The solution is not reform from without but realization within: the I AM watches, knows, and dissolves images by its light. As you hold to the feeling 'I AM,' you rewrite the scene; the imaginary world becomes a drawing-room for awareness, not a temple of fear. In practice, you replace each private image with the one of conscious presence, and you awaken to worship that is true because it is inward, constant, and all-seeing. The darkness yields to light when you refuse to abandon your own seeing.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and declare, I am the I AM, the all-seeing presence within. Revise every hidden image as dissolved in light and feel the presence of God guiding your inner life.