Neville Goddard on Hosea 12:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 12 in context

Scripture Focus

2The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;

5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

Hosea 12:2-5

Biblical Context

God declares a controversy with Judah and promises judgment according to their ways. It traces Jacob’s birth-struggle, his wrestling with the angel, and his meeting with God at Bethel, where memory of the Lord is born.

Neville's Inner Vision

The inner text reframes the external controversy as a living drama within your own consciousness. Jacob represents the dynamic, striving state of your will that grasps for power and tries to compel God to act. The wrestle with the angel mirrors your encounter with a higher order of awareness, a gatekeeper of truth that asks you to drop force and yield to what you truly are. When you weep and supplicate, you open a sanctuary within—Bethel—where a mutual dialogue occurs and the Lord of hosts speaks as your present memory. The phrase 'the LORD is his memorial' becomes a declaration that the I AM is not a distant memory but your active, remembered identity. The controversy dissolves when you abandon the assault and rest in the awareness that you are already in the presence of God. In that space, the recompense aligns with your chosen state of consciousness, not with distant judgments, and you become one who remembers God in all moments.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, assume the Bethel state now, and declare 'I AM with God.' Feel the memory of the Lord awakening as your immediate power and let it soften every sense of separation.