Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 8:7-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 8 in context

Scripture Focus

7And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

8Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

9And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

10So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

11And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

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.

Ezekiel 8:7-12

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 8:7-12 shows a hidden chamber where the elders perform idols in darkness. It reveals that worship is a matter of inner perception, not only outward ritual.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this vision the hole and the doorway are openings in your own mind through which light arrives. The seventy elders and the censer are your fixed beliefs and habitual thoughts that obscure the Presence; the dark chambers of imagery are the private theaters where you entertain the idea that God cannot see you. The invitation is not punishment but a discipline of consciousness: enter the inner wall and behold the forms of creeping things as thoughts you have allowed to rule your life. The cure is a simple reorientation: acknowledge that the I AM of your being is always present, revise the sense of separation, and feel the reality of divine presence now. When you choose to wake into this awareness, the idols dissolve and the chamber becomes a radiant sanctuary where true worship arises from within, not from ritual observed by the senses.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already in the presence of the I AM. Feel it as real and revise any sense of separation by affirming I am one with God.