Neville Goddard on Esther 3:1-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Esther 3 in context

Scripture Focus

1After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

2And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

3Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

4Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

6And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

7In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

8And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

9If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

10And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

11And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

12Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

13And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

14The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

15The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

Esther 3:1-15

Biblical Context

Esther 3:1-15 shows Haman promoted, Mordecai refusing to bow, and Haman's plan to destroy all Jews. A royal decree is written and sealed, setting catastrophe in motion while the city waits.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville Goddard’s inner reading, the Esther drama is the drama of my consciousness. Haman’s promotion is a personal image of power that I might feel as an inflated ego or belief in separation. Mordecai’s refusal to bow is my inner alignment with the I AM, refusing subjection to outer claims. The king’s command and setting his seat above all the princes reflect how outer authorities echo inner habits of mind; when Mordecai remains unconvinced, the outer world may move toward destruction as fear arises from the belief I am at the mercy of forces I do not control. The lot cast by Pur and the march to Adar symbolize how mental time appears to govern me when I forget that all power rests in the consciousness of the one Self. The king giving his ring to Haman is my mind granting license to negative thoughts; the decree to destroy is the collapse of a belief in lack. Yet Providence is present: a reversal begins whenever I return to the truth that I AM governs all.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and imagine you are Esther in the king's gate of your mind, commanding the inner decree. Revise it to read, 'I AM the power; no thought of destruction can prevail; all is well within me,' and feel this truth until it becomes your immediate sensation.