Neville Goddard on Daniel 4:31-32 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 4 in context

Scripture Focus

31While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

32And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Daniel 4:31-32

Biblical Context

The king’s outward empire is pronounced finished, as a heavenly voice declares the kingdom departed. He is driven away from human company, until he learns that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of men.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the 'kingdom' Nebuchadnezzar claims is toppled not by a city’s sword but by a summons from within. The decree comes as a voice in your own awareness: the kingdom you have trusted in is departed from thee, to wake you to the truth that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men. This is not punishment but an inner adjustment: when you identify with a role, a status, or a worldly success, you have enthroned a segment of your own I AM. The driving from men and the grazing of beasts are the symbolic stripping away of attachment until your attention rests in the One Power behind appearances. Seven times can be seen as the repeated acts of belief that must cease before you remember that sovereignty rests with the Most High, not with any outward circumstance. So, turn inward: assume the ruler-ship of your life by the one I AM, and watch as the exterior world conforms to that realization.

Practice This Now

Assume the Most High now rules in your life; picture a throne of I AM within your chest and feel it sit there as the ruler of your days. If doubt returns, revise: I AM reigns now.