Neville Goddard on Esther 9:20-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Esther 9 in context

Scripture Focus

20And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

21To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

22As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

23And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

24Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

25But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

26Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

27The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

28And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

Esther 9:20-28

Biblical Context

Mordecai writes to all Jews to establish two days of celebration, turning sorrow into joy. The passage presents Purim as a remembered festival for every generation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Esther 9:20-28 reveals an inner reversal available to your consciousness. Mordecai’s decree is a self-imposed edict to align inner states: let sorrow yield to joy, and let the heart rest in the feast of gratitude. The enemy and the lot symbolize fears summoned by the mind; Esther’s courage represents your willingness to approach the throne of the I AM with unwavering faith. When you stand in harmony with that inner king, the imagined threat returns upon itself, transforming from gloom to a day of remembrance and joy. The two days become a continuous practice, showing that a single shift in attitude can turn adversity into celebration. Your seed and all who join them signify every aspect of self embracing a new mood. Providence is not distant; it is the living present-tense experience you choose and renew, again and again, within the privacy of your awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume, 'From this moment, sorrow is turned to joy.' Feel it real for a minute, then express a small gift or kind word to someone, as proof of the inner feast.