Neville Goddard on Judges 16:22-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

22Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

23Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

24And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

26And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

27Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

28And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

29And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

30And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

31Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

Judges 16:22-31

Biblical Context

Samson's hair growing again signals the return of his strength as the Philistines celebrate their supposed victory. He is brought between two pillars, prays to the LORD for power, and the building collapses, bringing liberation to Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

Samson’s hair returning is not a mere physical sign but a waking of consciousness to its true power. The Philistine crowd is the outward world applauding a false sense of victory, unaware that the real deliverance begins within. Samson stands at the center of the inner structure—the two pillars of attention and belief—upon which the house of his life rests. He calls upon the LORD, but Neville would have you hear it as an alignment with the I AM within, a moment of choosing to strengthen yourself through awareness. 'Remember me, O Lord God,' becomes a turning of attention back to the source of power; 'strengthen me this once' becomes a decision to release the burden of limitation. When he leans on the pillars and the house falls, the outward “enemy” is toppled as the inner structure is purified. The greater death is the shedding of a limited self, making room for Israel's deliverance in your consciousness. The twenty years of peace symbolize the lasting order that follows a decisive awakening. Your own life can follow this pattern: awaken, align with I AM, and let the inner pillars bear the weight of revelation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you are already free and strong; feel the truth as a present fact. Visualize yourself between two inner pillars, supporting a collapsing outer scene, and feel the release of all limitation as you complete the act.