Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 40:13-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 40 in context

Scripture Focus

13Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

14And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

15Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

Jeremiah 40:13-15

Biblical Context

Johanan and the captains warn Gedaliah that Ishmael plots to kill him, but Gedaliah does not believe the threat. Secretly, a plan to kill Ishmael arises to keep the remnant from being scattered.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scene the figures are states of consciousness: Gedaliah is the steady governor of your awareness, the inner ruler who keeps the remnant of faith intact. The warning about Ishmael is not a literal plot but a surge of thought that would divide and scatter your inner community. Gedaliah’s disbelief is your I AM pausing to test appearances, refusing to let fear become your reality. Johanan and the captains appear as the discernment of consciousness, stepping forward to name the intrusion without giving it power. The suggestion to slay Ishmael, spoken in secret, speaks to a temptation to suppress troublesome thoughts rather than transmute them. If you act from that impulse, you risk scattering the remnant you value. The practical truth remains: hold to unity, revise the scene in imagination, and declare the threat a mere appearance passing before your consciousness. When you maintain the inner state of trust and discernment, your inner community remains intact, and no eroding fear can dethrone your awareness.

Practice This Now

Practice: Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and declare, I am the I AM, the governor of my inner state. Revise the scene by affirming that no external plot can scatter my inner remnant; feel the unity of my consciousness already secured within.