Neville Goddard on Daniel 7:16-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 7 in context

Scripture Focus

16I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

17These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

18But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

19Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

20And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

21I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

22Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

23Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

24And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

26But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

27And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

Daniel 7:16-27

Biblical Context

Daniel 7:16-27 presents a vision of four beasts as kingdoms, the saints of the Most High gaining an everlasting rule, and a judgment that establishes their dominion.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this vision, the beasts are not distant rulers but the shifting moods of your own consciousness. The four beasts correspond to stages of your mental weather - desire, fear, pride, and compulsion - each demanding allegiance and power until you awaken to a different conductor. The saints of the Most High are your divine qualities waking to coherence in one kingdom, a sovereign I AM that endures beyond any changing scene. The Ancient of Days is not a separate judge but the radiance of awareness within you - the still, observing presence that can rearrange the entire stage when you stop identifying with the drama. When you hear of the horn and its loud talk, recognize the ego's counterfeit claim to authority: a voice that thinks it can alter times and laws. Yet the judgment sits in the seat of you, and from that inner throne the old order dissolves. Then the saints possess the kingdom - your living, choosing self, now fully aligned with the I AM, reigning wherever you turn your attention.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, assume the feeling 'I am the saint of the Most High, and this kingdom begins in my present awareness.' Revise the vision by affirming now that the kingdom is mine and feel its quiet authority settling into your heart.