Neville Goddard on Joshua 4:19-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 4 in context

Scripture Focus

19And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

20And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

23For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

Joshua 4:19-23

Biblical Context

Israel crosses the Jordan and encamps at Gilgal, setting twelve stones as a memorial. These stones speak to future generations about the crossing and God's drying of the Jordan just as He did the Red Sea.

Neville's Inner Vision

The crossing is a state of consciousness, not a map. The Jordan represents the flow of circumstances, and dry ground is the I AM that renders the impossible possible. The twelve stones are inner anchors, memorials you can return to in imagination to remind yourself of your own passage. When future generations ask, you answer by living the truth: Israel came over this Jordan on dry land because the Lord your God dried the waters before you. This is a covenant of presence: God is not distant, but the I AM within you, guiding you through every change as He did at the Red Sea. To practice, dwell in the feeling that you have already crossed, and let the awareness of Gilgal settle as your current reality.

Practice This Now

Hold an inner 'stone' in awareness and say, 'I have crossed this Jordan.' Then dwell in the feeling of Gilgal until the sense of inevitability becomes your present reality.