Neville Goddard on Daniel 2:31-45 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

32This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

33His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

36This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

37Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

39And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

Daniel 2:31-45

Biblical Context

Daniel 2:31-45 presents a dream of a great image whose parts symbolize shifting human kingdoms, crushed by a stone that becomes a mountain—a sign of an eternal kingdom established in consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

The vision is not about distant empires but about your own mind. The image with its gold head, silver chest, and iron feet reflects the layered beliefs you wear—the identifications that seem to rule your life. When the stone cut from the mountain without hands strikes the feet, it reveals a basic truth: change arises from within, not from outside power. The sole power you truly possess is the awareness that you are the I AM, the God of heaven within you, who has given you a kingdom, strength, and glory. As you rest in this awareness, the old forms—the kingdoms of opinion, doubt, and fear—are broken apart and blown away like chaff. The stone grows into a mountain that fills the earth of your experience, symbolizing the unshakeable kingdom that survives every reversal. The dream thus confirms that your inner vision is the law of your world, and it shall endure eternally.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and feel the I AM presence now. Assume the belief, 'I am the kingdom,' then imagine a stone of awareness striking the old image and watch your life as if this inner kingdom were already established.