Neville Goddard on Joshua 9:1 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

Joshua 9:1

Biblical Context

All the kings on this side of the Jordan hear of something coming. This signals a shift in the outer scene that mirrors an inner change.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard tone, the verse becomes a lesson in consciousness. The 'kings' are your various states of mind—pride, fear, hunger for conquest, doubt—arrayed across the inner landscape. When they 'hear thereof,' it is not a news report but the moment your inner I AM announces a new reign. Joshua, the symbol of your authorized self, has moved from quiet expectation to the awareness that a shift has occurred. The outer world cannot remain unchanged once the inner ruler is awakened; the 'kings' hear because the inner decree has already shaped the reality you live in. The scene on this side Jordan becomes a symbol for the moment you accept a new truth: you are the sovereign who commands the conditions. The presence of God is not distant; it is the I AM within, listening to your own created voice. Your task is to refuse the old kings' dominion and to feel the kingdom already established inside you, even before any visible change shows in the world.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the state of your goal as already done. See the inner kings hear your decree and yield, and dwell in the feeling that the I AM rules.