Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 2:6-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 2 in context

Scripture Focus

6The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.

9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

1 Samuel 2:6-9

Biblical Context

The passage declares that God controls life and death, raises the lowly, and secures the faithful; human status and power are subject to divine order. It also promises that the wicked are kept in darkness while the saints move forward.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the text speaks not of distant kings and wealth, but of states of consciousness. The LORD killeth and maketh alive mirrors the shift in your inner life: when you imagine and assume a new state, the old one dies and a fresh vitality rises. The poor and the rich, the lowly and the beggar turned prince, are your inner conditions rearranged by awareness. The pillars of the earth are the LORD's and He has set the world upon them; this is the sense that the stable foundations of your reality are the I AM, your awareness, not external powers. Keep the feet of his saints means guard your inner path, do not let doubt sidestep your desired state; the wicked shall be silent in darkness shows that ignorance cannot prevail against a sure inner conviction. By strength shall no man prevail indicates that true power rests in the quiet assurance of your assumed state, not in physical force. Your consciousness determines the stage on which life plays; you are being kept by your own saintly awareness, now becoming thy throne.