Neville Goddard on Daniel 3:26-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

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 3:26-27

Biblical Context

Nebuchadnezzar calls Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to come out of the fiery furnace. They emerge unharmed, with not a hair on their heads singed.

Neville's Inner Vision

The fiery furnace is not a distant event but a symbol for your present beliefs under pressure. The three names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stand for qualities within you that resist fear while remaining loyal to the Most High. In this Neville-inspired reading, God is the I AM within you, the conscious self that does not bend to the flames of circumstance. The fire cannot touch what you truly are, for you do not identify with the fear; you identify with the unchanging identity that presides over the scene. The moment Nebuchadnezzar calls them forth is the moment your inner self comes forth from a trial with its dignity intact. The witnesses who gather are proofs of your inner transformation seen by others, yet the power was never outside but in your own conviction. The lesson is simple: keep faith with the inner state that would be true no matter what door opens to you. Persist in the assumption and you will emerge, visibly unscathed, with your true nature shining through.