Neville Goddard on Job 24:17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 24 in context

Scripture Focus

17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Job 24:17

Biblical Context

Morning is felt as the shadow of death for some, so dawn becomes a time of terror rather than opportunity. The verse points to an inner state that makes the day feared rather than welcomed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the morning not as an external event but as a shift in your inner state. The 'them' are the parts of you still clinging to old beliefs; when you wake to dawn as threat, you are witnessing a transition between states, not an actual doom. In Neville's terms, you are the I AM, the awareness registering what you accept as real. The shadow is the mental picture you have formed about the day; fear arises where you have failed to revise that picture. By assuming a new state of consciousness — that the day itself is a fresh expression of your I AM — you reverse the terror. Imagine the morning as a door through which your renewed self steps; feel certainty, see the sunrise as proof of your ongoing creation. The moment you feel it real, the fear dissolves and the dawn becomes a sign of possible, not impending doom.

Practice This Now

Assume, before sleep or at dawn, 'I am the I AM; this morning is my awakening into a safe, powerful presence.' Feel that assumption as real and let the first light confirm it.