Neville Goddard on Joshua 1:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 1 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

Joshua 1:1-2

Biblical Context

After Moses dies, the Lord speaks to Joshua and commissions him to arise and lead the people across the Jordan into the land God promises. This moment marks a transition from the old leadership to Joshua’s new responsibility and the people’s movement toward their inheritance.

Neville's Inner Vision

After Moses dies, the Lord speaks to Joshua as the voice of your own I AM, inviting you to rise into a new state of consciousness. The Jordan becomes the inner threshold you must cross, not a geographical river, for the land promised to Israel is the inner state you already possess when you assume it. This is a call to covenant loyalty: stay true to the inner law of your being, trusting that your I AM has prepared the way and will bring the people to the land of abundance. Your obedience is not obedience to an external ruler but faithfulness to the inner vision; fear may appear, yet you do not negotiate with it; you revise it with the truth that your God-state has arrived. To practice is to assume the completed state now, feel it with the body, and dwell there until the sense of lack dissolves. Moses' death marks the letting go of the old self, while the I AM remains constant, guiding you across the Jordan into possession of your own promised land.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the completed state: I AM across Jordan and in the land now. Feel the land as present in your inner world, and revise the old self (Moses is dead) into this new I AM reality.