Threshold of Inner Death
1 Kings 14:17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 14 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jeroboam's wife leaves for Tirzah and, at the threshold of the door, the child dies—an event placed at a boundary between states of being.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed through the Neville Goddard lens, the scene is a symbol of inner transition. The threshold at the door marks a boundary between two states of consciousness; the death of the child signals the end of a formerly vital pattern, not merely a literal loss. The outer act—a wife moving in the world—reveals the state's fear-based or policy-driven thinking. Yet the real action is internal: your inner sense of separation or threat births corresponding outer conditions. You are the I AM, the awareness that creates; by holding a new assumption you can revise the scene from the end. Imagine the life you seek as already present, and let your inner movement reorder the outer events. The so-called death is an inner death of an old identity, freeing space for a new life aligned with your true self and the Kingdom of God within.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly, place a hand on your chest, and affirm: I am the I AM; this doorway is the doorway to life. Then revise the scene in your mind to the child alive and thriving, feeling the new state as real.
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