Neville Goddard on Daniel 3:13-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

13Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

14Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

Daniel 3:13-18

Biblical Context

Nebuchadnezzar commands Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to bow to the golden image, but they refuse, affirming their trust that God can deliver them, and declaring they will worship only their God, whether deliverance comes or not.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the scene as a drama of your own consciousness. Nebuchadnezzar is the voice of outer pressure trying to compel you to worship a false image of power. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego represent steadfast states of consciousness—refusing the image and asserting that the God they serve (the I AM within) is able to deliver from the furnace of fear. Their first affirmation— 'our God whom we serve is able to deliver us'—is the acknowledgment that the inner Reality can reverse seeming doom. If the outer 'but if not' arrives, it does not cancel the inner truth: you still stand in the presence of your true Self, unburned, for you have not surrendered your inner allegiance. The lesson is clear: true worship is a decisive alignment with the one I AM within, not a compliance with external images. When you inhabit this faith, the furnace loses its power and your reality bends to the certainty of your inner decree.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, place your hand on your heart, and declare: I AM within me; I bow to no image but the I AM. Then revise every fear to faith, feeling the deliverance as already present in your inner scene.