Neville Goddard on Joshua 7:11-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 7 in context

Scripture Focus

11Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

12Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

Joshua 7:11-12

Biblical Context

Israel sinned by taking the accursed thing and transgressing the covenant, so they could not stand against their enemies; the divine presence withdrew until the accursed was removed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Neville-like reading: The land called Israel is your own state of consciousness; the 'accursed thing' is a belief or habit you have allowed to lodge in your mind, an imagined separation from the I AM. When you entertain that belief, you find yourself unable to stand before life's enemies and you turn the back on them, for you have created a false boundary between your true self and your good. The covenant you were commanded to keep is the awareness that you are one with God in you, the I AM that never leaves your side. The moment you hold to that separation, you displace the divine presence. The instruction to destroy the accursed from among you is an inner revision: you must withdraw the stolen thought, reclaim your entire camp, and align your heart with the immutable truth of your God-state. In that inner cleansing, the enemies lose their power because you stand in fellowship with the Presence, and you experience the return of victory.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare 'I am the I AM.' Revise any sense of separation by affirming, there is no accursed thing within me; visualize removing it from your camp and feel your consciousness restored to unity with God.