Neville Goddard on Joshua 3:8-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 3 in context

Scripture Focus

8And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

9And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

13And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

Joshua 3:8-13

Biblical Context

Priests bearing the ark stand in the Jordan; when their feet rest in the waters, the river parts and the Israelites cross, a sign that the living God is among them.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Joshua 3:8-13 as an inner map. The Jordan is the restless stream of your present conditions; the ark is the I AM within you—the unchanging Presence that cannot be moved by circumstance. When Joshua invites the people to hear the words of the Lord your God, he is inviting your consciousness to attend to its own truth: the living God is among you. The miracle occurs not by outward marching alone but by the feet of the priests (your disciplined attention) resting in the waters with a sure assumption. Then the waters part and a path appears for you to cross from lack to abundance, from fear to confidence. The ark goes before into Jordan, signaling inner guidance leading the way. The twelve men symbolize the twelve facets of your awareness brought into alignment. You are not crossing a river; you are crossing a belief about yourself into a state of realized presence.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the state 'I am the Presence here and now; the Jordan parts for me.' Feel it as real, and let this inner turning seed your outward experience.