Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 24:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 24 in context

Scripture Focus

1The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

2One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

3Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Jeremiah 24:1-3

Biblical Context

Jeremiah sees two baskets of figs, one ripe and good and the other bad and inedible, set before the temple. The vision points to two inner conditions and invites us to discern what our consciousness produces.

Neville's Inner Vision

Two baskets before the temple are not history; they are states of your own consciousness. The figs are the manifestations you bear in awareness, with ripeness marking alignment with the I AM, and decay signaling misalignment. The exile of the captives becomes an inner movement away from divine abundance toward fear. The Lord's question, What seest thou? invites you to observe your inner scenery without judgment: you are not at the mercy of circumstance but are always choosing the fruit your awareness feeds. The good figs are the affirmations of faith, intelligence, and grace—present, usable, and nourishing to your inner sanctuary. The bad figs reveal doubt, worry, and limitation, tokens to be transmuted through inner revision, not denied. By abiding in the I AM your pure consciousness, you can revise the scene from lack to plenty, and feel the good figs already ripe within your mind. The vision teaches you to trust imagination as the instrument by which you harvest your reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and place the good figs before your inner temple; feel the awareness that you already possess abundance. Then revise the bad as a seed that will yield the next harvest.