Neville Goddard on Daniel 11:36-45 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 11 in context

Scripture Focus

36And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

37Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

38But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

39Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

40And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

41He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

42He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

43But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

44But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.

45And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

Daniel 11:36-45

Biblical Context

Daniel 11:36-45 portrays a king who exalts himself above all, wields wealth and force, and ultimately meets his end when the people lose belief in him.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the Neville lens, the king is not a man distant in history but a state of consciousness within you. The 'will' he serves is your habitual sense of separateness—the belief that power lies outside and must be grasped. The 'god of forces' is your attachment to external controls—opinions, fears, fame. He speaks marvellous things against the God of gods—that is the mind resisting its true source, the I AM. But the indignation that must be accomplished is simply the end of a long-running thought, a turning of attention from the external spectacle to your own inner being. The glorious land is your inner awareness where all possibility resides; the end of the king comes when you stop feeding the old picture with belief and begin to feel and act as if the I AM is already governing all. In that shift, the image dissolves and your world aligns with your renewed state.