Neville Goddard on Esther 8:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

2And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

3And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

4Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

5And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

6For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

7Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

Esther 8:1-7

Biblical Context

Esther 8:1-7 depicts Esther gaining the king's favor, Mordecai’s rise to oversee Haman’s house, and Esther compelling a reversal of the edict against the Jews. The result is their deliverance and restoration within the king's provinces.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the psychological reading, Esther is the I AM awakening in action—awareness looking with compassion on the fears of her people. The king’s gift of Haman’s house to Esther and the ring to Mordecai signifies that your inner authority has shifted; old decrees born of lack are dissolved when your consciousness yields to wisdom. Haman’s device is a fear-thought, a decree that would erase belonging; when Esther bends at the king’s feet and pleads, it is your desire moving with tears into the light, requesting that the mind free itself of its own destructive plan. The granting of permission—the golden sceptre—shows that grace approves the reversal you have imagined. Mordecai’s placement over the house stands for the ruling power of your higher self now governing what you have allowed to stand in your mental city. The outer deliverance mirrors the inward shift: as you consent to the inner decree of salvation, your world aligns with rest, redemption, and liberation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume you already hold the king’s favor; write a new decree in your mind reversing the old threat, and feel it real as the outer scene shifts. Repeat daily until the sense of deliverance remains.