Neville Goddard on Esther 3:13-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Esther 3 in context

Scripture Focus

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 3:13-15

Biblical Context

Esther 3:13-15 tells of a royal command to destroy the Jews, sent to every province; the king and Haman feast as the city remains perplexed. It shows fear in the outer world and points to the inner source behind appearances that you must address.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville Goddard perspective, the decree is not an external edict upon a people but a belief you have allowed to form in your own consciousness. The Jews symbolize your true, unconditioned nature, and the letters to destroy them embody a thought of fear, lack, or doom you have accepted as real. The king and Haman sitting down to drink reveal the rational mind’s complacent dwelling on catastrophe while the inner world trembles; the city Shushan perplexed is your life when you forget you are the I AM, the living awareness that can re-script any scene. The posts hastening the commandment are the habits of mind you repeat until their images feel like facts. The remedy is to awaken to a new state by assuming the opposite: you have already revoked the decree, and your inner Jews flourish in peace and abundance. Providence and guidance arrive as you revise, not as you plead, by choosing a new assumption and feeling it real until it governs your experience.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume a new state now—feel the decree dissolve, revise the scene so your inner city rests in light, and feel it real that life and safety are yours.