Neville Goddard on Judges 20:41-43 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 20 in context

Scripture Focus

41And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

42Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

43Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

Judges 20:41-43

Biblical Context

Israel turns back, and Benjamin is astonished that evil has come upon them. The pursuers surround and drive them down as the battle ends.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 20:41-43 is not a report of a walled feud but a map of the inner state. The 'men of Israel' turning again is your awareness reorienting toward I AM; the 'evil' that comes upon them is the belief in separation. When you refuse to feed that belief and stand in the light of consciousness, the old opposition cannot hold. The pursuit and encirclement are the dynamics of a mind that chooses to dissolve resistance by its own light; as you remain unwavering in the assumption of unity, the 'Benjamites'—those rebellious tendencies—are trodden down, not by force, but by the presence of a dawn-brightened consciousness. The road toward the sunrise represents the path of awareness awakening within you, not a geographic trek. Your entire drama shifts when you realize the battlefield is within and the victory is to be claimed by recognizing that you are the I AM, the source of all forward motion. In that moment, the outer war collapses into quiet alignment, and the dawn of a new conviction appears where fear once stood.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume the state you already possess— the inner battle is over and the I AM stands sovereign. Feel the sunrise dissolving every Benjamite thought as you breathe the light of awareness.