Inner Plagues, Outer Offerings

1 Samuel 6:4-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 6 in context

Scripture Focus

4Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
5Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
1 Samuel 6:4-5

Biblical Context

Philstines decide on a trespass offering: five golden emerods and five golden mice; they hope honoring the God of Israel will lift his hand from them and their land. The act of making images of the emerods and the mice is meant to appease and restore favor.

Neville's Inner Vision

Pause with me at the threshold where the Philistines bring forth five golden emerods and five golden mice as a trespass offering. In the Neville mode, the plague is a state of consciousness—fear, guilt, distraction—that has seized the land because attention has wandered from the I AM within. The remedy is not another ritual with outward tokens but a turning of thought back to the God of Israel—the inner ruler, the I AM who knows no loss. The images of emerods and mice become symbols you can replace with new inner pictures that claim harmony, abundance, and rightful authority of your inner God. As you imagine, feel, and assume the new image, you are lightening the hand of judgment from your land. Mercy arises as you stop blaming ‘the world’ and acknowledge that the light within you can alter the seen world. The conversion is internal: you choose to worship the true God by aligning your consciousness with it, and the outward plague loosens its grip.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM is lightening the land now; vividly replace the emerods and mice with symbols of wholeness and praise, and feel the relief as your inner kingship returns.

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