Neville Goddard on Genesis 18:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 18 in context

Scripture Focus

2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

3And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

4Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

5And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Genesis 18:2-5

Biblical Context

Abraham meets three visitors, welcomes them with humility, and invites them to rest, wash their feet, and eat before they go. The act reveals hospitality as the doorway to grace in the moment.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the I AM vantage, the visitors are a visitation of a new state of consciousness entering Abraham's mind. The three visitors symbolize inner movements converging at the door of awareness. Abraham's rushing out and bowing are the ready posture of one who recognizes grace as now. When he says if now I have found favor pass not away, he is not pleading with men but inviting the presence to remain in his living thought. The water to wash the feet and the bread offered are symbolic acts of cleansing old fears and feeding the new idea until it can take root. The plan to rest under the tree and his promise to nourish show hospitality as a practice of receptivity, not mere charity. The inner invitation is accepted into the field of the mind, becoming a living possibility there. In Neville's psychological gospel, this scene shows that God is I AM awareness arriving as a guest within your own consciousness, and you become host by assuming and sustaining the reality of your desired state through imaginative revision and feeling it real.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine your desired state arriving as guests at your door. Welcome them, nourish this inner visit with water and bread in your imagination, and declare that you now possess this grace.