Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 1:19-33 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

19And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.

20And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.

21Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

23And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

24And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

25And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.

26Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

27And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

28Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

29Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

30The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

31And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

32Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,

33Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

Deuteronomy 1:19-33

Biblical Context

The passage follows the journey from Horeb, through the wilderness, to the land God promises, including the spies’ report and the people's fear and rebellion.

Neville's Inner Vision

See this as a map of your soul. The wilderness is your present state of consciousness where you test beliefs. The land before you is the state you accept as true in I AM. When the people send spies, that is your mind testing a newer belief; the twelve scouts are the scattered thoughts that doubt and magnify obstacles. Their report, that the land is good yet we cannot go up, shows the two currents at work in every moment: imagination aligning with truth, or yielding to fear. God’s words fear not and the promise that the LORD goes before you are not distant events but your inner reality. The cloud by day and fire by night symbolize the steady guidance of awareness. If you believe the story of lack you remain in the desert; if you revise and accept the land as already promised, you move as the I AM into the promised city. The act of belief becomes your sword and shield in life.

Practice This Now

Assume the land is already yours and feel its reality now; rehearse this revision daily by stating, I am in the land given by God; the I AM goes before me. Then quietly imagine walking into your promised city and tasting the fruit.