Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 15:32-35 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 15 in context

Scripture Focus

32Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

33And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

35And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 15:32-35

Biblical Context

Samuel's execution of Agag signals the end of an old royal ego. Saul's withdrawal and Samuel's mourning mark a shift in inner consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your inner theatre, Agag is the proud ego-king you have been feeding as if it could rule your life. Samuel stands as I AM, the unwavering awareness that says: Bring before me the image of the old self and cut through its pomp. When Agag speaks of safety, the inner listener hears the truth: 'As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women'—not as vengeance, but as the natural consequence of clinging to force. The piece-work is not punishment but a release; Gilgal is your mind’s place of renewal, where a decisive separation is performed in the sight of God (your own awakened consciousness). Saul going to Gibeah marks a move away from the old throne; Samuel mourning is your tenderness for a former self, not its return. And the Lord repenting that He made Saul king reveals that a new state of consciousness arises only when the old one yields to awareness. You and I are always one with this inner act; we need only revise the scene inwardly and allow the new kingship to emerge.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, visualize Samuel presenting Agag to the light, and declare, 'I cut away this old self now.' Feel the release and the arising sense of a higher kingship within.