Neville Goddard on Joshua 3:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 3 in context

Scripture Focus

3And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

4Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Joshua 3:3-4

Biblical Context

Joshua 3:3-4 commands the people to follow the ark of the LORD after it, with a measured space between them and the ark so they may learn the way ahead, for they have not traveled this way before.

Neville's Inner Vision

Follow the inner ark and you follow the unchanging I AM that you are. The ark is not a wagon of wood and gold, but the Presence that goes before you, the consciousness that knows the road by which you must go. When the people are told to keep space, this is a symbolic instruction: keep sacred inner space so you may hear the direction born from within, not from noise. You have not passed this way heretofore because you have not yet assumed the state that sees by faith what the eye cannot yet discern. By assuming that you are led, you invite the path to appear; by honoring the Presence, you align perception with possibility. Obedience here is not formality but fidelity to the covenant of consciousness: you are loyal to God as I AM, and God guides your steps. If you feel resistance, revise your assumption until you feel the path as already granted, and the next step reveals itself in the quiet movement of awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and envision the Ark of Presence moving before you. Assume you are already led by it, and feel the sacred space between you and the Presence as a quiet, revealing pause that shows the next step.