Inner Covenant Wiles Unveiled
Numbers 25:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Numbers 25 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Numbers 25:18 shows how Midianite wiles—Peor’s lure and Cozbi’s seduction—tempt the people away from covenant loyalty and holiness, leading to a plague of consequence. It underscores the inner struggle between illusion and true allegiance.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Numbers 25:18 the 'they' vexing you are not distant enemies but the thoughts and images that arise within your own state of consciousness. The matter of Peor is the lure toward immediate gratification, the idolatry of sensation that asks you to worship a moment rather than your I AM. Cozbi, the daughter of a prince, appears as a familiar form—an ostensibly noble temptation—yet it is a doorway to distraction from your true allegiance. The day of the plague is the inward consequence when you believe these thoughts and act on them, when you mistake a mental likeness for reality. Neville would say this passage is a map of your interior covenant: you are called to separation from such wiles, to holiness through the steadfast recognition that the only reality is the I AM, your conscious awareness. When you identify the wiles as mere projections and revise the scene by assuming the I AM as real, you dissolve the plague of doubt and awaken to unity with your true self.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly, then revise the scene by declaring, 'I AM the I AM; these wiles fade as I rest in consciousness.' Feel it real by savoring the sense of alignment with your inner covenant.
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