Neville Goddard on Judges 6:25-32 - 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.

28And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

29And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

30Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

31And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

32Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.

Judges 6:25-32

Biblical Context

Gideon tears down Baal's altar and grove. He then builds an altar to the LORD and offers a burnt sacrifice despite fear. The narrative centers on obedience and transformation of identity.

Neville's Inner Vision

See this tale as your own inner world. Baal stands for a belief you have worshiped in your mind; the grove is the habit energy that supports it. The same night the command comes to cast down the altar, which means you become aware of a higher truth within you and act from the rock of awareness rather than from fear or habit. The father’s bullock and the second bullock symbolize inherited ideas and your own resisting impulses, both used as motive forces. When you cut down the grove and cast down the altar, you clear space for the LORD to be worshiped in truth. The lifting of the altar on the rock is your I AM establishing a fixed point of consciousness. Calling him Jerubbaal—Let Baal plead against him—signals that the old self cannot survive the light of this new allegiance. In your life, obedience to this inner command reorganizes your realities, and you find yourself living as the one true worshiper rather than a divided heart.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In stillness, imagine you are Gideon on the rock, hearing the inner command to cast down Baal. Repeat, I am the I AM; then revise your self-image by declaring, 'I cast down the altar of fear and establish true worship.'