Neville Goddard on Daniel 11:2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 11 in context

Scripture Focus

2And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.

Daniel 11:2

Biblical Context

Daniel 11:2 foresees a sequence of rulers in Persia, ending with a fourth, wiser and wealthier king who stirs up the realm of Grecia. Taken psychologically, these kings symbolize inner states of mind that, when believed, manifest as external upheaval against the rational order.

Neville's Inner Vision

The verse invites us to read prophecy as a map of consciousness. Persia stands for desire, attachment, and settled thoughts; the first three kings are recurring patterns of belief. The fourth king, rich by virtue of his attachments, represents the belief that wealth and power determine destiny and compel you to marshal all thoughts against the Grecia—the ordered mind or the rational realm within. But the truth Daniel seeks to reveal is that you are the I AM, awareness itself, not the succession of inner or outer rulers. When you recognize that these movements arise in imagination and not from a fixed external fate, you may revise them by claiming the identity I AM as the sole power. Feel the reality that shifts in consciousness precede any change in appearance; thus, the stirring of Grecia subsides as you align with divine presence. The prophecy then becomes a gentle reminder: transform the inner dispositions and the outer world follows.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and observe three inner thoughts as Persia’s kings; then witness a fourth, wealth-bringing king arise. Revise by affirming, I am the I AM; wealth and power are states of consciousness I now claim.