Neville Goddard on Hosea 1:7-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 1 in context

Scripture Focus

7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

8Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

9Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

Hosea 1:7-9

Biblical Context

Mercy is promised to Judah, not through weapons. A son is born and named Loammi, signaling a consciousness of separation from God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this clause of Hosea, the 'house of Judah' represents an inner tribe of faith, not a political realm. When it is said, 'I will have mercy,' the I AM within you declares that your true salvation comes not from bow, sword, or battle, but from a conversion of consciousness. External power cannot deliver the state of wholeness; the Lord's saving act is a turning of your awareness toward the covenant that cannot fail. The child named Loammi, 'not my people,' marks a moment of estrangement in your inner story, an old conviction that you are separate from the divine I AM. Yet this is not a verdict; it is a clue to revision. In Neville's terms, you do not change God, you shift the state of your own mind until 'I am' and 'you are' become one intention. If you believe you are not his people, you have only to assume the opposite, feel the I AM as your constant reality, and allow mercy to become your immediate experience.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the inner state that you are already in covenant with the I AM, and feel the certainty that your salvation comes from within. Let the sense of separation melt as you affirm, I AM your God, the I AM within me.