Neville Goddard on Judges 13:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 13 in context

Scripture Focus

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 13:22-23

Biblical Context

Manoah fears they have seen God and will die. His wife argues that such revelation comes from a merciful God who reveals Himself through offerings, not doom.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 13:22–23 is not a record of an external visitation intended to frighten you; it is a mirror of your inner state. When Manoah declares that they shall surely die because they have seen God, he reveals a consciousness that interprets encounter as catastrophe. Yet the wife answers from a higher recognition: God would not reveal Himself to end life; such revelation comes because you are already held by a gracious presence. In Neville’s terms, the 'seeing of God' is the awakening of the I AM within you, the awareness that your imagination and inner life are the very altar and temple of creation. The offerings mentioned symbolize your acts of consecration—thoughts and feelings offered to the divine within—which disclose guidance and signs of providence. The message they receive is not a threat but confirmation that the inner state is observed and guided by a benevolent consciousness. When you realize you are always in the presence of God, fear loses its grip and true worship emerges as harmonious alignment, not external ritual.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling 'I am in the presence of God now' for a few minutes, and revise fear as a misreading of your inner light; repeat 'I am that I am' until the sense of being watched by mercy replaces dread.