Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 1:39-40 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 1 in context

Scripture Focus

39Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

40But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

Deuteronomy 1:39-40

Biblical Context

Verse 39–40 contrasts the promise given to your future innocent inner state with the older generation's exile. It shows that possession comes through a shift in consciousness rather than external geography.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your little ones are the fresh states of awareness that know nothing of good and evil as limits. They are the innocent I AM that can claim the land simply by being aware it is already yours. They shall go in and possess it means these newborn attitudes of mind move into experience not by struggle, but by acceptance. The elders who turn into the wilderness are the stubborn stories you tell about yourself, the old self clinging to a map that no longer serves. You are being invited to depart that old map and walk the wilderness path as a crossing of self not a punishment. The Red Sea represents crossing the barrier between what you thought you were and what you are now capable of being. The wilderness is not a place to dwell but a training ground for the mind to recognize that the land exists only in consciousness. When you acknowledge I AM as your present identity, the land manifests through agreement with your inner state.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled: you are already in possession of the land. Revise the old itinerary by mentally crossing the Red Sea and let your inner child step into the promised abundance.