Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 17:18-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 17 in context

Scripture Focus

18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

19And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

Deuteronomy 17:18-19

Biblical Context

The king sits on his throne and receives a copy of the law. He reads it daily to learn reverence for God and to keep the commandments.

Neville's Inner Vision

All scripture speaks as states of consciousness. The throne is your awareness; the king is your true self. To write a copy of the law in a book is to fix a divine pattern in the memory of your mind, a repeatable state you can inhabit at will. Reading it daily is not study of history but rehearsal of a state you desire to live. When you read it, you bow in reverence to the LORD your God—the I AM that you are in truth—so that the fear is not fear of punishment but devotion to the living principle within. By keeping every word and enacting the statutes, you align your outer world with the inner order you have embraced. The kingdom you seek then follows from the consciousness that presides; you do not petition from separation, you become the law you obey. Imagination is the instrument; you imagine yourself as the man who already embodies this law, and your world rearranges itself to reflect that inner governor.