Neville Goddard on Esther 3:12-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Esther 3 in context

Scripture Focus

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 3:12-15

Biblical Context

King's scribes draft a decree to destroy the Jews, sent across every province and sealed with the king's ring. The outer world reflects the inner fear, leaving the city perplexed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Esther 3 shows a decree written and sealed with a king’s ring, carried to every province by swift messengers. In Neville’s terms, this is a thought-form stamped into your consciousness and pressed into your experience. Haman embodies the fear-ego broadcasting a doom that would destroy what is good. The Jews symbolize the divine seed within you—the I AM that you truly are. When the decree is proclaimed, the outer world—Shushan—appears perplexed because it mirrors the inner conviction you have accepted. The scribes, the posts, the rapid dispatch are the labor of your mind making real a story. Yet the entire scene is but a state of consciousness, not an ultimate law. If you awaken to the truth that you are the I AM, you can revise the decree by assuming the opposite: you already stand in divine order, protected, complete. Feel the weight lift as your inner governor erases the fear-picture and replaces it with peace. Let the decree fall from the mind like a ring slipping off, and choose to live from the assurance that you are governed by love and justice.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: For two minutes, assume the state 'I am the I AM, the ruler of my mind, and no decree can bind me.' Feel the relief in your chest and the calm certainty in your limbs; then carry that feeling into the next moment.