Bela's Inner Lineage Reimagined

1 Chronicles 8:1-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 8 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
2Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
4And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
5And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
1 Chronicles 8:1-5

Biblical Context

1 Chronicles 8:1-5 presents Bela, Benjamin's firstborn, and his sons, detailing a line of Bela's descendants in the tribe of Benjamin.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the scriptures, names are not merely labels but states of consciousness awakening in the mind that knows itself as I AM. Bela, the firstborn of Benjamin, and his offspring appear as an inner family of dispositions, each bearing a particular vibration of awareness—Addar, Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, Gera, Shephuphan, Huram. When read through the mode of imagination, the passage becomes a map for reassembling the interior world. The I AM, dwelling as your central awareness, is the parent who “begat” these branches, not as a distant genealogical fact but as the living act of consciousness giving birth to its moods, memories, and habits. The repetition of Bela’s line—each name following Bela—suggests that our present inner life is a continuity, a family of states that can be rearranged by a deliberate assumption. To use this as Neville would: imagine Bela and his sons as facets within you; declare that the entire line is unified under one ruler, the I AM, and feel the spontaneous harmony of all these elements functioning as one aware organism. The feeling of unity makes the outer world follow.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine Bela as the central I AM—your core awareness. See his sons as distinct inner states, then revise by affirming they are one in the I AM and feel that unity as your immediate experience.

The Bible Through Neville

Neville Bible Sparks

Loading...

Loading...
Video thumbnail
Loading video details...
🔗 View on YouTube

© 2025 The Bible Through Neville - A consciousness-based approach to Scripture