Neville Goddard on Judges 6:25-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

25And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:

26And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

27Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

Judges 6:25-27

Biblical Context

Gideon is commanded to tear down his father's altar to Baal, cut down the grove, and build an altar to the LORD, offering the second bullock as a burnt sacrifice. He carries it out at night, fearing his family and the city.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner sense, Baal is the idol of limitation you worship as power, and the grove is the pull of inherited stories you cling to. The LORD's command to rebuild on the rock points your awareness to an unshakable center—the I AM within. The 'second bullock' stands for a renewed nature, a higher self not entangled in the old worship, offered as a burnt offering to the One Presence. To cut down the grove is to uproot attachments that feed the old dream. Gideon acts at night, which in the inner life signifies doing the work when the outer world is quiet; fear is not denied but transmuted by devotion. When you obey the inner directive, the I AM bears witness and the outer conditions rearrange to match your inner altar. The victory arises first in consciousness: as you destroy the idol and consecrate the LORD within, your world aligns with the new center. You are not simply acting; you are becoming the verity of worship—obedience to the inward impulse—and thus the secret destruction of Baal becomes the revelation of the true God within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine destroying the Baal altar inside, then raise the LORD's altar on the rock of your awareness and offer the renewed self as sacrifice. Whisper, I AM, and feel the new altar established, the old idol dissolving into the light of consciousness.