Neville Goddard on Daniel 3:19-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

20And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

21Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

22Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

23And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

24Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

25He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

27And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

Daniel 3:19-27

Biblical Context

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are cast into a blazing furnace, yet they emerge unharmed, with a divine presence appearing in the fire.

Neville's Inner Vision

Daniel 3:19-27 becomes a vivid allegory for the inner laboratory of your mind. The furnace is the heat of belief and pressure in your thoughts; the bound states are your identified thoughts and attachments. When you insist on obedience to your higher self, you move through the trial with the I AM as your constant companion. The four in the fire—the fourth like the Son of God—represents the awakened awareness within you that remains untouched by the heat. Nothing external can burn the true you; the bindings fall away because your attention has moved from fear to the living I AM presence. This scene shows that trials do not regress you; they reveal your real nature: unbound, unhurt, and fully conscious. The miracle is not a change in circumstance, but a shift in awareness that allows you to remain intact while appearances burn away old identities. Your job is to claim that inner Son, and let belief do the work through you as you acknowledge the I AM within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes, affirm 'I AM' as your reality, and visualize the fourfold presence walking with you through a furnace of fear, leaving you unbound and unharmed.