Neville Goddard on Judges 13:21-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 13 in context

Scripture Focus

21But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.

22And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

23But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

Judges 13:21-23

Biblical Context

Manoah and his wife encounter the angel of the LORD. Manoah fears they have seen God and will die, but his wife reinterprets the revelation as providence guiding them rather than punishment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Manoah’s startled fear that he and his wife have seen God is the last gasp of a consciousness clinging to doom. The wife’s reply shows a higher current awakening: these signs are not death but guidance. In Neville’s psychology, the appearance of the messenger is your own awareness awakening to its identity as God. When you inwardly affirm that you have already been shown these things, you turn fear into trust. Providence then appears as the natural alignment of your inner state with your realized grandeur. The Lord would not reveal such things if death were the plan; therefore the present vision is a confirmation that you are being guided to act in harmony with your true self. Dwell in the feeling that the sign is real now, assume the state that you are guided by your inner presence, and let the signs prove your kingdom to you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and imagine the angel appearing as your present awareness; declare I am and feel that fear dissolving into trust, then act from the sense of being guided.