Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 9:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

2A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!

3Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.

Deuteronomy 9:1-3

Biblical Context

Israel is told to cross the Jordan and possess lands and cities stronger than themselves. God goes ahead as a consuming fire, clearing the way so they can defeat and occupy the territory.

Neville's Inner Vision

Know that the Jordan you are asked to cross is the border between one state of consciousness and another. The 'nations greater and mightier than thyself' are the beliefs, memories, and identifications the ego calls real. The Anakims, the tall ones, are the entrenched opinions about what you cannot be or have. When the verse says the Lord thy God goes over before thee as a consuming fire, it speaks of the I AM within you, your essential awareness, moving ahead to burn away the old pictures. The command to drive them out and destroy them quickly is the discipline of awakening: to collapse the old story by the new assumption until it is seen as fact in your outer life. You do not battle with other people; you are changing the inner weather by imagining yourself already possessing the land of your confident, abundant self. The promise lies in the certainty that God has already cleared the path; your task is to assume the feeling of the fulfillment now and let the experience catch up.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you have already crossed the Jordan into your promised land; feel the possession now as if it were done. Revise any lingering fear by declaring, 'I am the I AM, and this new state is mine,' letting the feeling of fulfillment saturate your being.