Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 19:4-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

4But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

5And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

6And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

7And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

1 Kings 19:4-8

Biblical Context

Elijah, overwhelmed and despairing, flees into the wilderness, pleading for death; a divine messenger awakens him with bread and water, renewing his strength for the long journey to Horeb.

Neville's Inner Vision

Elijah’s cry is not a cry from outside life, but a thunder of a state of consciousness. The wilderness is a mind deprived of the belief that the I AM is the source, a dryness that appears when memory clings to yesterday’s fatigue. The juniper tree stands as a stopping point in a dream, where one would rather die than revise his present assumption. The angel who touches him is not a separate messenger, but the whisper of inner provision that God has already placed within. The cake baked on the coals and the cruse of water are symbols of nourishment born from imagination – ideas and feelings arising from the I AM that sustain the psyche. When Elijah eats, he is literally restored to a new tempo of consciousness; after this inner feast, he travels forty days and nights to Horeb, the Mount of God, a revelation that comes when the mind is refreshed and persuaded by the truth it already holds. The takeaway: shift your inner state, and the outer journey follows.

Practice This Now

Practice: In a moment of quiet, assume the feeling of being nourished and guided by the I AM. Visualize the inner angel providing bread and water, and feel strength returning for the next step.