Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 2:29-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 2 in context

Scripture Focus

29(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

31And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

Deuteronomy 2:29-31

Biblical Context

Plain sense: The passage invites the people to enter the land God will give. Sihon blocks the passage, God hardens his heart so they may prevail, and God begins to give his land for them to possess.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, Sihon is a fixed posture of mind that says, 'You shall not pass.' The Lord’s hardening is the awakening of your I AM, tightening a resolve that allows the obstacle to yield. When God says, 'I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee,' He is declaring that your inner landscape is already being granted; to begin to possess is to act from the assured consciousness that your promised land is present now. Your covenant loyalty is not a ritual but a state of attention—obedience to the truth you are aware of, faithfulness to the rise of new feeling, and receptivity to grace. Providence guides by turning resistance into a doorway, turning a stubborn mind into the instrument of your victory. When you align with this truth, the land appears within you—your thoughts, feelings, and possibilities converging into actual experience. The land is your inner country, already granted by your I AM and waiting for you to acknowledge it.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit and repeat, 'I have begun to possess my inner land.' Hold that feeling until the sense of obstacle dissolves and you feel the land already yours.