The Garment and the Exit Within
2 Samuel 13:17-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Samuel 13 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
2 Samuel 13:17-18 depicts Tamar being expelled by a servant after the king's command, and her vividly colored garment marks her virgin status as she is led away behind a bolted door.
Neville's Inner Vision
Every verse is a state of consciousness, and God is the I AM—the awareness that witnesses these scenes. The servant casting Tamar out mirrors the mind ejecting an unfixed part of itself when contrast or pain arises. The garment of divers colours is not mere cloth; it is the outer identity you have worn in the world—the many hues of your imagined self. The bolted door represents a habit of separation you have allowed, a boundary you think protects you yet keeps you from wholeness. But this is not a judgment upon Tamar or any other person; it is a nudge to realize you can change the inner state that writes the scene. If you affirm, I AM the aware presence that never leaves you, you may revise this moment by welcoming the implied self back into the room, unburdened by fear and free to express every color of your being. When you insist that the I AM governs, you awaken to a dignity that no outward act can erase, and the fabric of your life shifts to reflect that inner sovereignty.
Practice This Now
Assume the I AM as your boundary. Revise the scene by picturing your true self stepping back in, the multicolored robe affirming your dignity.
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