Neville Goddard on Judges 2:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 2 in context

Scripture Focus

1And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

2And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

3Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

4And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

5And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.

Judges 2:1-5

Biblical Context

An angel of the LORD rebukes Israel for disobedience, commands them to destroy altars and avoid alliances with the land's inhabitants, and the people respond with weeping as they name the place Bochim.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner angel is I AM, reminding you that you have already been brought to your promised land by the faith you entertain in your own heart. The command to not forge leagues with the inhabitants and to tear down their altars is the spiritual instruction to cease negotiating with fear, lack, or old images. The angel also declares that I will never break my covenant with you. When you hear the rebuke, your response, wailing and naming the place Bochim, reveals the soul's desire to be reborn in awareness. The thorns in your sides are persistent habits of thought, the snare of idols within your mind; they need not remain. The angel's declaration that I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be a snare until you revise, invites you to revise your inner scene. So revise now: assume the covenant is kept, the land is yours, and the altars have fallen. Feel the emotion of that truth and let it realign your inner landscape. Your external alignment follows as the interior is rearranged.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and repeat I AM in awareness; imagine the covenant is kept and the old altars fall away. Feel the release as your inner landscape realigns with that truth.