Neville Goddard on Joshua 4:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 4 in context

Scripture Focus

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?

7Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

Joshua 4:6-7

Biblical Context

These verses instruct Israel to set up stones as a lasting sign, so future generations will ask about their meaning and remember that the Jordan's waters ceased when the Ark passed, marking a sacred crossing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Joshua 4:6-7 as a manual for the inner man. The stones are not pebbles on a riverbed but psychological emblems placed by your own consciousness to witness a miracle: the Jordan of limitation parts when the Ark of the Covenant—the I AM within you—advances. The ark represents your focal point of awareness; when you let it go before you in imagining who you are, the currents of fear and doubt recede. The sign is not in the stones themselves but in the continuity of your remembrance that a great act of crossing has already occurred in consciousness. Every time you ask, 'What do these stones mean?' you are invited to answer from within: 'The waters could not stand before the ark of the Lord in my mind, for my awareness swept through, and the old self is carried to the other side.' This is faith in action: memory, not time, determines reality; the past event becomes the present demonstration in the imagination.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the crossing has already occurred in your consciousness. In the moment of doubt, revise by affirming, 'I AM the Ark in motion; see the Jordan part and the waters stand still'; place a mental stone as a sign that this reality is now.