Neville Goddard on Hosea 4:6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 4 in context

Scripture Focus

6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Hosea 4:6

Biblical Context

The verse says people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because knowledge is rejected and the law forgotten, they lose their covenant and their priestly function.

Neville's Inner Vision

Read as a psychological scripture, Hosea 4:6 reveals that your outer conditions are the reflection of your inner state. The phrase My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge speaks not of a distant nation but of the self that has forgotten its own inner I AM. Knowledge here is inner awareness, the recognition of the law as the living presence within. When you reject this knowledge, you separate from the God within and you are no longer the priest who tends the temple of your soul. The warning that I will also forget thy children becomes a sign: forget the law, and your thoughts and future possibilities slip away into the mist of separation. The remedy is simple: assume that you already possess the knowledge. Identify with the I AM in you as the law and the priest of your own God, right now. Hold the feeling that you remember the covenant, that you live as the living word, and the outer world begins to reflect this inner awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, breathe, and repeat I am the I AM, I know the inner law now. Feel the state as real and let the sense of ignorance fade as you affirm your inner priesthood and covenant.