Neville Goddard on Judges 15:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 15 in context

Scripture Focus

9Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

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.

Judges 15:9-11

Biblical Context

Philistines threaten Judah and seek to bind Samson; the men of Judah confront Samson, acknowledging the Philistines' rule, while Samson claims he acted toward them as they had acted toward him.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe how the outer Philistines on Judah's border mirrors a state of mind that imagines itself ruled by circumstance. In Neville's method, the 'Philistines' are thoughts and fears that have usurped the inner kingdom. The question 'Are the Philistines rulers over us?' is the moment you hear your own consciousness concede sovereignty to limitation. Samson's reply—'As they did unto me, so have I done unto them'—points to the truth that inner authority rises from awareness and returns in kind to the outer world. The three thousand ascend to Etam not to fight giants, but to stand from a fixed vantage of awareness—an inner rock where the I AM remains sovereign, untouched by appearances. The scene invites you to cease querying what others are doing to you, and instead to align with the knowing that you are the source of action and consequence. When you stop identifying with outer rulers, the inner kingdom awakens and the Philistine presence loses its power.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of being sovereign now; declare 'I am the I AM' and revise any sense of being ruled. See the outer Philistines as thoughts; affirm your inner kingship until it feels real.