Neville Goddard on Judges 7:9-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

9And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.

10But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

11And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

12And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

13And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

14And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

15And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

Judges 7:9-15

Biblical Context

In Judges 7:9-15, God invites Gideon to descend into the camp, assuring deliverance; hearing a dream confirms victory, and Gideon worships, declaring the LORD has delivered.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 7:9-15 reads as a blueprint for inner awakening. The night instruction to Gideon, and his careful descent with Phurah, symbolize that awareness (the I AM) must willingly descend into the imagined terrain of the 'host'—the crowd of beliefs and fears in our mind—so as to observe what they are saying. The dream the Midianite shares—the barley loaf toppled the tent—is not a mere incident but a symbolic image arising from the subconscious that announces the power of Gideon (your true self) to topple the tents of limitation. The response, 'This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon... into his hand hath God delivered Midian,' is the inner recognition that the power you seek is already real in consciousness. When Gideon hears the interpretation, he worships and returns to the camp, declaring, 'Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.' In Neville's terms, the scene invites you to assume the state that has already delivered you: feel, imagine, and declare that the I AM has already won the battle. The apparent external event is the echo in time of your inner conviction, turning fear into faith and action into worship.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, assume the feeling 'I am delivered now,' and dwell in that certainty while picturing a barley loaf rolling through your fears and topppling the 'tent' of limitation. Then declare aloud, 'The I AM has delivered the host,' and step forward in faith.