Neville Goddard on Judges 15:10-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 15 in context

Scripture Focus

10And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

11Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

12And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

13And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

Judges 15:10-13

Biblical Context

Judah comes to bind Samson to deliver him to the Philistines; Samson and the men negotiate, and he is bound with two new cords and carried away from the rock.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, this Judges scene is your inner drama. The Judah-energy that binds Samson is the mind's habit of controlling power; it climbs the rock Etam to bind your essential strength and hand you over to the Philistine habit of fear and domination. Samson's retort, 'As they did unto me, so have I done unto them,' reveals that the outer scene repeats your inner history until you change the assumption. The two new cords stand for fresh beliefs you have taken up—agreements that your power must be restrained, that deliverance will come only through others. Yet the truth of the I AM dissolves this tale: you are not bound when you know who you are. When you imagine as if the end is already accomplished—your strength released, the Philistines rendered powerless by your awareness—you pull free. The moment you dwell in that awareness, unity returns, and deliverance becomes your present state, not a future event.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, recall a moment you felt bound by others or fear; then declare, I AM free now, and imagine Samson stepping out unbound, feel the release widening your awareness.