Neville Goddard on Hosea 1:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 1 in context

Scripture Focus

2The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

3So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

Hosea 1:2-3

Biblical Context

Hosea 1:2–3 presents a symbolic command where God instructs Hosea to marry a wife of whoredoms, illustrating Israel's widespread idolatry and the call to true worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

The word of the LORD by Hosea becomes an inner parable for your own consciousness: the appearance of a wife of whoredoms stands for the mind's many loyalties to images and sensations, not the I AM. Israel's land, departing from the LORD, mirrors thoughts that forget the one Presence. When Hosea takes Gomer, it is the soul consenting to the image-world to reveal its true allegiance. The 'child' that arises marks the outcomes born from such misalignment. Yet the tale is not judgment but a mirror showing you where your heart's worship lies. The remedy is to awaken in your own heart the certainty that the I AM is the sole reality and that inner fidelity, not outer results, defines you. Your outer circumstances respond to the inner conviction you hold. If you long for true worship, imagine yourself eternally yoked to the divine Presence within and let the whoredoms of appearances fade in that light.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I am the I AM; I am in covenant with the divine presence within.' Feel that companionship now, and revise any sense of separation by returning your attention to inner awareness.