Proclaim Peace Within

Deuteronomy 20:10-11 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 20 in context

Scripture Focus

10When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
11And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Deuteronomy 20:10-11

Biblical Context

Deuteronomy 20:10–11 asks you to proclaim peace to the approaching city; if peace is accepted, the inhabitants become tributaries and serve. It frames conflict as an inner disposition rather than external force.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the city before you as a figure of your own state of consciousness. To come near is to approach a situation with the awareness you currently embody. Proclaiming peace is an inner choice, a deliberate assumption that the present conflict is already resolved in your inward temple. When your feeling is coherent with that assumption, the city answers with peace and the gates open, not by force but by your inner alignment. The tributaries and service symbolize the various aspects of life bending to your chosen state—relationships, finances, health—conforming because you have not argued for discord but asserted harmony. The act of sending peace signals to your subconscious that it has a new ruler: the I AM within you. As you dwell in this awareness, the external scene rearranges to match the inner vision. The outer world becomes an obedient tributary to your inner kingdom, not by coercion but by your persistent conviction that peace is the natural order of being.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, imagine the city before you, and declare, 'Peace be unto you.' Feel the gates open as you inhabit the peaceful state as your own I AM.

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