Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 31:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 31 in context

Scripture Focus

6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

7And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

1 Samuel 31:6-7

Biblical Context

Saul and his three sons, along with their armor-bearer and all their men, die that day; the Israelites across the valley and beyond the Jordan flee, and the Philistines occupy the emptied cities.

Neville's Inner Vision

Saul's death is not a history lesson but a signal in your inner life. The king represents the external identity by which you have defined yourself; with his fall, the structure of power in your mind collapses. The three sons and the armor-bearer stand for other outward forms clinging to that old order. When the Israelites beyond the valley see the collapse and flee, the inner dispositions withdraw, and the cities of your mind lie open to whatever impressions come, including outer conditions that seem to invade your peace. In Neville's view this is the moment you realize the mortality of identification with form. The Kingdom of God is not a ruined city but the awareness that remains constant under all conditions: I AM, your indwelling awareness, is untouched by appearances. The exile in your mind is temporary; return begins when you revise the scene from a place of unwavering I AM, feeling the authority that never fled and that makes possible a true reign of peace and wholeness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and assume the feeling of I AM as the sole ruler of your inner kingdom; revise the scene to show the old order dying and the Kingdom Within taking its rightful place. Stay with that feeling until it feels real in your body, then continue from that assured state.