Neville Goddard on Exodus 7:19-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 7 in context

Scripture Focus

19And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.

20And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

21And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 7:19-21

Biblical Context

God commanded Moses and Aaron to touch the waters of Egypt, and the Nile was turned to blood. The effect extended to all water, fish, and people's ability to drink.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the Pharaoh and the Nile symbolize fixed habits and outer conditions produced by inner states. The command to stretch the rod is an instruction to exercise a decisive assumption upon the streams of consciousness. When the waters become blood, it is not a geological miracle but a vivid illustration of what happens when a new inner belief saturates every channel of life. The fish die, the river stinks, and the people are deprived of their water because the inner climate has shifted. You are invited to see that the same dynamic operates in your world: as you hold a new feeling or belief, all your outer circumstances register the change. The I AM, the self-Identical One, acts when you stand in the certainty that it is so. The presence of God is always there as awareness; you don't persuade an external deity, you awaken to who you are and let your internal river reflect that truth. Faith in action is the gesture of bringing an inner state into visible form.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the river in your life is already turned to life-giving vitality. Feel it; repeat, 'I AM that I AM' and revise your perception until you sense the shift.