Neville Goddard on Joshua 4:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 4 in context

Scripture Focus

5And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Joshua 4:5-6

Biblical Context

Joshua commands the people to cross into Jordan and lift stones as a memorial. These stones symbolize the covenant and the LORD's presence, serving as a lasting reminder for future generations.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the ark of the LORD is the conscious I AM marching through the subconscious. The stones on each man's shoulder are fixed points of consciousness—acts of imagination that you deliberately 'carry' as you traverse the inner flood. When future generations (your inner child) ask, 'What mean ye by these stones?' the answer is your present state made visible by memory, a memory summoned by belief in the I AM. The sign thus becomes a clue to reality: you choose a state, you commemorate it with a symbol, and you repeat it until it feels inevitable. The crossing is an inner transition from flux to settled presence; the visible Jordan yields to the power of conviction. In Neville’s terms, the LORD is not distant; the Lord is the inner posture you assume, and the stone becomes both reminder and invitation—an invitation to dwell in the assuredness of your own divine being.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Select one life area to memorialize. Close your eyes, imagine lifting a stone onto your shoulder as a sign of I AM presence, and feel it real now as you walk your inner Jordan.