Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 40:13-16 - 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?

16But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

Jeremiah 40:13-16

Biblical Context

Johanan and the field captains warn Gedaliah that Ishmael intends to kill him. Gedaliah refuses to believe the plot and does not take immediate action.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the quiet center of this story, we learn that the world’s dangers arise not from outward enemies but from the stories we tell ourselves about them. Gedaliah, the inner governor, does not surrender to the alarm of Ishmael’s reputed plot; he listens to a deeper voice, the I AM, which remains unmoved by appearances. When Johanan speaks in fear and secrecy, the mind is tempted to solve the problem by force, to slay Ishmael as a necessary precaution. Neville would say: the true you is not the actor of assassination but the awareness that watches the scene without becoming the scene. The I AM does not negotiate with fear; it simply knows the end from the beginning and trusts that your state of consciousness determines what seems to occur. If you cling to the rumor, you empower a future of disruption; if you pivot to the end you desire—peace, unity, safety—those conditions begin to move as inner movements, shaping outer consequence. The lesson is not about politics but about states: the quiet, unrevealed state that simply says 'I exist as awareness and cannot be harmed by appearances.'

Practice This Now

Assume the end from the beginning: you are already safe, and the inner governor has resolved the apparent threat. Feel the peace as if it is now your experience.