Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 20:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 20 in context

Scripture Focus

8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

9And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

2 Samuel 20:8-9

Biblical Context

At Gibeon, Amasa leads and Joab’s sword is exposed as his garment shifts; the greeting 'my brother' masks a hidden intent to strike.

Neville's Inner Vision

Two inner states meet at the fixed point of awareness. Amasa's forward movement is a claim to action in your mind. Joab, cloaked in loyalty, carries the sword of will, and as the garment shifts, the hidden motive is exposed—the 'brother' kiss masking the intent to strike. In your consciousness, this is the moment when the appearance of kinship convoys a hidden violence of control. Neville's medicine: see through the illusion that two selves are separate; the I AM remains untouched while all scenes of deception are illusions of a misidentified self. The sword slips; you are reminded that fear and power struggles are but dream pictures arising in your own awareness. The remedy is to assume your true self as the I AM, the only reality, and revise the scene by declaring unity. The apparent discord dissolves as you recognize that any outer 'girded sword' you perceive is the mind’s misalignment, never your essential nature.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and place the scene at the stone as a symbol of your decision; revise by declaring 'I am the I AM, no other; the sense of separation and the sword fall away' and feel the wholeness in your chest.