Neville Goddard on Judges 2:17-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 2 in context

Scripture Focus

17And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.

18And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

19And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

Judges 2:17-19

Biblical Context

Judges 2:17-19 paints a cycle: people ignore their inner judges, chase other gods, and rebel against the Lord's commands; whenever a true inner judge arises, the Lord delivers, but after the judge dies, they relapse, worse than before.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the judges are states of consciousness—the discernment that honors the Law and the I AM. The 'other gods' are images you temporarily worship, tell yourself are power, until you return to the path your inner fathers walked—the commanded path of the LORD inside. When you assume the judge's presence, God is with you and you are delivered from inner enemies as long as you sustain that state. But when the judge dies, the old habit returns, more stubborn, because it still believes in separation. The cure is not changing outer events but changing consciousness: revise the worship, drop the counterfeit images, and feel the real I AM ruling within, the sole power. In Neville's terms, you awaken by imagining the end from the beginning, by assuming the state of possession of your true God-self, and by feeling it real until it dissolves the old pattern.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and declare, I AM the LORD of my mind. Assume the inner judge's presence and let this authority govern thoughts for a session; if old patterns arise, revise by returning to the I AM and feeling the deliverance as already mine.