Neville Goddard on Judges 20:32-40 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

32And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.

33And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

34And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

35And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

36So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

37And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

38Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.

39And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

40But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.

Judges 20:32-40

Biblical Context

Judges 20:32-40 depicts an inner conflict that plays out as an outer battle. A rising flame marks a turning point, signaling a shift in inner state.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 20:32-40 unfolds as an inner drama where Benjamin stands for a stubborn belief about yourself, a sense that you are under siege by unseen forces. Israel represents the awakened I AM, the disciplined state of awareness that can direct events by inner decree. The liers in wait are habitual thoughts that lure you into fear and misjudgment, while the great flame rising from the city is the symbol of an inner conviction breaking through. When you observe the outer scene, realize it is only the mirror of your present consciousness; the moment you shift to a wiser assumption, the sign of the flame confirms the alignment. The Lord smiting Benjamin is your consciousness’s act of letting go or reinterpreting a pattern that no longer serves you. Your true victory comes not by dominating others but by claiming a new inner state and allowing outer appearances to reflect that state back to you. Thus, the battle becomes an invitation to awaken to I AM and to imagine from the end.

Practice This Now

Pick one inner fear or grievance. Assume the end you want for that issue and feel it real for a few minutes, letting the flame of insight rise as you rest in the I AM.