Neville Goddard on Judges 15:11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 15 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Judges 15:11

Biblical Context

Three thousand men of Judah confront Samson at Etam, noting Philistine rule over them. Samson answers, 'As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.'

Neville's Inner Vision

In this verse, the outer scene mirrors your inner negotiation. The Philistines represent a habit of feeling powerless, the sense that authority rests outside your I AM. The three thousand Judahites rising to Etam are the crowd-mind waking to complaint, asking who rules over them. Samson’s reply is not a punishment but a mirror: the inner movements have created the outer scene. If you feel conquered, you invited conquest by a previous act of contrast within. The true sovereignty is not over others but over your own consciousness—your I AM choosing and holding a state until it becomes your reality. Judgment and accountability open a doorway to the kingdom you are. When you see this, you do not retaliate but revise—accept the situation as feedback and re-envision it from higher ground, until the impression aligns with the state you desire. The kingdom of God is within; kingship is the steady awareness that you govern by imagination.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: For five minutes, assume the inner state of kingship—feel the I AM as your constant awareness ruling the scene. Revisit the Etam moment in your mind and revise it by seeing the external 'rule' as a projection dissolving into inner sovereignty.