Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 24:1-7 - 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.

4Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

5Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.

6For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

7And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 24:1-7

Biblical Context

Two baskets before the temple symbolize two inner states: the good figs, ready for return to the Lord. The bad figs are stubborn, unusable attitudes resisting that return.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe that the two baskets are not outside you but two states of your own consciousness. The captives represent the mind’s forgetfulness of who you truly are; the good figs symbolize your awareness aligned with the I AM, a heart awakened to know the Lord. God’s eye upon them for good is your choosing of what you affirm as real, a shift in attention toward the fulfilled state you desire. The promise to bring them back and plant them is the inner conviction that your mind can reoccupy its rightful land by consistent assumption. When you persist in the feeling that you are already returned, your inner self rearranges itself and the heart to know me grows, not by struggle but by accepting the truth you already possess. The evil figs signify thoughts of lack or separation you have believed; acknowledge them, then release them from your present sense of fact as you dwell in the reality of the good fig. In this drama you are both sower and harvest; you are the I AM within your own experience.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume you are the good fig—already returned, with a heart that knows the LORD. Feel this truth as real now and let it rearrange your inner landscape.