Inner Kinship and Authority Within

Judges 9:1-3 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Judges 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
3And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
Judges 9:1-3

Biblical Context

Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, goes to Shechem to persuade, asking whether many brothers or one should reign. He frames himself as kin—bone and flesh—to win the people's allegiance.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the hearing of Abimelech’s appeal, the outer scene reveals a man sizing the city by bloodlines, while the inner man in you sees another drama: a kingdom arising in the mind when a belief in separation is challenged by a greater sense of unity. The line 'I am your bone and your flesh' is not literal lineage but the psychological claim that the one who rules in you is the same one who is ruled by you—the I AM that experiences itself as many, and yet undivided. As you dwell in this story, notice that leadership occurs not by rival factions but by the state of consciousness that accepts itself as both many and one. When you entertain the urge to persuade others, you are really negotiating your own boundary between fear and the unity of your imagined rule. Neville’s method says: revise the scene to acknowledge that your inner king speaks through every heart you would win, and that the entire tribe of your world conforms to the authority you presently accept in yourself. Imagination is not a tool of dominance but the recognition of your own sovereign I AM.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of inner sovereignty now: affirm 'I reign in my own heart' and imagine the people of your world recognizing and aligning with your inner authority.

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