Neville Goddard on Judges 13:17-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 13 in context

Scripture Focus

17And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?

18And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

19So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

Judges 13:17-19

Biblical Context

Manoah asks for the angel's name so they may honor him; the angel says the name is secret, and Manoah and his wife respond with sacrifice and awe.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 13:17-19 speaks of a hidden name that cannot be named openly, for it is secret. In the inner life, your true name is the I AM you are aware of, the ever-present witness to all movement. The angel of the LORD is not a distant messenger but the inner state that steps forth when you turn your attention to the source of your life. Manoah asks for a name so that he may honor what he does not yet fully know; the response is a gentle reminder to rest in the mystery: the secret is kept by the One who knows you from the inside. When Manoah offers a sacrifice on the rock and the presence 'wonderously' appears, notice that the outward sign mirrors your inner alignment: you sacrifice your old story and, in the stillness of attention, the unseen becomes visible. Your senses respond not to a person but to the inner conviction that you are seen by the I AM; the miracle is not outside of you but a shift in your state of consciousness. The moment you stop chasing a name and rest in the secret awareness, the sacred presence is made manifest in your life.

Practice This Now

Imaginative practice: Sit in quiet and declare, 'I AM,' accepting that this is your true Name. Then, as if before the rock of sacrifice, feel your inner prayer rise and witness the Presence respond in your life.