Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 9:8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 9 in context

Scripture Focus

8And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

Ezekiel 9:8

Biblical Context

Ezekiel witnesses the slaughter and, feeling abandoned, falls to his face, crying out to God, asking whether the whole remnant of Israel will be destroyed.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this Ezekiel scene, I interpret the outer slaughter as the last feints of fear in my own mind. The prophet who falls is the I AM within, the awakeness that refuses to desert the remnant of Israel within me—the clear, divine center that remains when old identities are slain. The 'they slay' are the many thoughts that pretend to end me; being left signifies a stripping away of the old self, a moment when I stand in the pure awareness that can choose anew. My fall on the face is humility before the power of imagination to redraw the film of life. 'Ah Lord GOD' is not a cry to an external deity but a call to the I AM, the source within me. I ask, will you destroy the residue of Israel in the fury poured out? The question invites me to realize that the scene does not demand punishment but reveals where I must revise. Mercy then becomes a state of consciousness I deliberately sustain. By insisting that the inner remnant be preserved and renewed, I awaken the outer world to reflect the inward revelation I cherish.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In quiet, revise the scene. Say, 'I AM within me, the Lord GOD, protecting and renewing my inner remnant.' Feel the mercy as already real for a full minute.