Inner Lineage to Abraham
1 Chronicles 1:17-27 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage traces a genealogical line from Shem’s sons down to Abram, signaling a continuity of lineage.
Neville's Inner Vision
As you read these names you are not listing strangers; you are naming inner states of your own mind. Shem and his sons are not places in a map, but kingdoms within you—the possibilities and dispositions you inhabit. Arphaxad, Elam, Asshur, and the rest are affinities of awareness, each representing a quality of consciousness you can assume. When Arphaxad begat Shelah and Shelah begat Eber, you witness the emergence of a living lineage: your thought-life giving birth to more refined states. Eber’s sons, Peleg and Joktan, mark the moment—division, choice, the turning point where you decide to reframe your world, to shift from a worn pattern to a new land. Joktan’s descendants—Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, Jobab—represent a plenitude of qualities you may inhabit in mind. All these arise from Joktan, yet the line culminates in Abram, the man of faith within you, the I AM discovering itself as a steadfast kingdom. The providence here is not about external ancestry, but the order you sustain within. Practically, assume you are the rightful heir of this line now; feel that your mind is already Abraham, the awakened awareness projecting its blessed outcomes.
Practice This Now
Assume you are the inner Abraham now; in a quiet moment, declare 'I am Abraham' and feel the land of your consciousness settle into the promised state.
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