Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 16:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 16 in context

Scripture Focus

3Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

4Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

1 Kings 16:3-4

Biblical Context

Baasha posterity and his house are said to be removed, and his line made like Jeroboams; death in the city or fields is predicted.

Neville's Inner Vision

These verses speak not of literal dynasties but of the inner states of consciousness you harbor. Posterity is the future born from the current mindset; Baashas house is the pattern of domination, fear and external control. When the I AM, the all knowing awareness, awakens to a different truth, this inner pattern loses its vitality, and the posterity that descended from it is withdrawn, leaving the inner structure akin to Jeroboams a former state that no longer sustains itself. The punitive imagery the dogs and the birds pictures the natural consequences that attend a life framed by wrath and separation; as you align with the God within, those outer conditions fall away not by force but by reversal: you no longer nourish the state with belief, so it cannot endure in your experience. The kingdom you seek is the kingdom of God within, the I AM that remains when you stop identifying with the old mind state. Practice: assume a state of unwavering inner sovereignty; revise any sense that your past lineage of fear must continue; feel the truth that you are that I AM, and watch the outward signs realign to reflect it.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, breathe, and assume the feeling of the I AM as your only reality; revise any anxious thought about your lineage by affirming I AM is my life now, then dwell in the felt sense of a renewed inner kingdom.