Neville Goddard on Joshua 12:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 12 in context

Scripture Focus

2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:

Joshua 12:2-3

Biblical Context

The verses list Sihon's wide dominion, but the text reads as a map of your inner limits. It invites you to observe how beliefs set borders in your consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Scripture, every outward conqueror is a mirror of an inner state. Sihon, king of the Amorites, ruling from Heshbon to the Jabbok, speaks not of geography but of fixed beliefs that claim our mind. The borders from Arnon to Bethjeshimoth are the settled stories we tell about ourselves, the way a thought-sea feels threatening simply because we have made it a sea. The Kingdom of God is not somewhere beyond a wall; it is the I AM, the awareness that watches these borders. Providence and guidance arrive when I cease defending the limits and begin assuming that I alone am the sovereign of this inner territory. If I revise the lines that say, 'this is as far as I am willing to go,' and feel it real that I am larger than every border, then the land itself loosens, the rivers of belief flow, and the salt sea of fear becomes a doorway. The outer map dissolves as consciousness expands, and the kingdom within unfolds, as I choose to live from the awareness that God is my own I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginatively assume you are the sovereign of your inner land. Revise every border by saying 'I am the I AM' and feel the expansion as the land yields to your awareness.