Israel's Inner Exodus
Hosea 12:12-13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Hosea 12 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
These verses trace Jacob's movement from toil to national consciousness, Israel, aided by prophetic guidance. They affirm that deliverance is born from inner vision rather than outward power.
Neville's Inner Vision
Think of Jacob as the restless, calculating aspect of your mind, the you who runs toward substitutes and stories of limitation. He flees into a Syria-like space, a mental country of scarcity, where you 'serve for a wife,' chasing a desired image while tending the day-to-day traffic of thought. Then Israel appears—the higher you, the true I AM-consciousness, which in your moment of true alignment begins to recognize that the longing is already fulfilled within. The LORD here is not an external auditor but your inner prophet—the still small voice of imagination that speaks the truth you must live. By a prophet you are brought out of Egypt—by the creative, forward-looking sense that you already possess what you seek; by a prophet you are preserved—the inner conviction that your state of awareness sustains you through every scene. When you accept this inner movement as real, you no longer identify with the outer lack but with the inner fact of being free, guided, and upheld by the prophetic word within. Your task is to practice that word until it seems as real as the very breath you draw.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: In a quiet moment, assume the feeling of Israel now—liberated and preserved. Let the inner prophet speak through you, and revise any lack as already resolved by your I AM presence.
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