Neville Goddard on Daniel 9:15-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Daniel 9 in context

Scripture Focus

15And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

Daniel 9:15-19

Biblical Context

Daniel pleads for mercy, recalling God's past deliverance and asking that anger be turned from Jerusalem due to sins. He emphasizes that the appeal rests on God's mercy, not his own righteousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Daniel’s petition is not a request from an external deity, but a turning of the inner eye toward its own I AM. The city Jerusalem represents a state of awareness, now desolate, that believes itself apart from the Source. By invoking the mighty hand that once delivered, you are reminded that your present power to create is your own memory of divine action within. The line, 'for thy great mercies' shifts the basis of petition from past righteousness to the living mercy that animates every moment. When you incline thine ear and open thine eyes to desolations, you practice faith by assuming that your inner sanctuary is already radiant, even while the outer scene seems dark. The ever-present I AM is the face shining upon your sanctuary; to ask for forgiveness is to forgive your own mistaken measurements and to forgive the past as an outdated script. Your city and thy people are called by thy name: you are the Imagination that names reality. So dwell in the conviction that your inner state governs the outward, and the desolation dissolves into a present fulfillment.