Neville Goddard on Daniel 9:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

2In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:1-2

Biblical Context

Daniel, in the first year of Darius, reads the prophecies and learns that God would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. The passage frames a calendar of prophetic time rooted in scripture.

Neville's Inner Vision

Daniel’s dates are not mere history but the inner chronology of a soul awakening. When Daniel says he understood by the books the number of the years, he is telling us that through inner scripture—the memory of God's word within—the mind can count and reset its exile. The 'first year' of Darius is the moment you decide to reign in your own kingdom, the I AM that rules your inner realm. The seventy years of desolation reflect an ongoing sense of separation you have counted as real. In Neville’s view, time is a function of consciousness; once you realize that the decree came from your own awareness, the desolation dissolves. Jeremiah’s word is your remembered promise, a seed planted in the soil of imagination. Your inner Jerusalem is a state of wholeness, peace, and alignment with God. The question is not what happened in history but what you affirm in your present awareness. You may choose to revise the timeline now by assuming the end of the desolation and the restoration of your inner city, here and now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the seventy years are complete this moment. Feel your I AM presence restoring your inner Jerusalem; revise any desolation by silently declaring, 'I am restored, my city is whole, now' and dwell in that feeling until it feels real.