The Inner Split Awakening

Judges 9:22-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Judges 9 in context

Scripture Focus

22When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
23Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
Judges 9:22-23

Biblical Context

Abimelech reigned for three years, then God sent an evil spirit between him and the men of Shechem. The result was treachery between the two.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here we enter the velvety door of the inner city. In this tale, Abimelech and the men of Shechem are not two distant nations but two distinct states of consciousness within you—the will to dominate and the appeal to the crowd. When 'God' sends an evil spirit, it is not a punitive judgment so much as a divine diagnostic, a wind that unsettles the stable walls of your mind to reveal what truly moves beneath. The three years are not a calendar but the steady rhythm of a belief you have carried for some time—an assumption that life must submit to a single ruling voice. The resulting discord between your ruling ego and the outer tribal currents shows you that you have not aligned your outer appearances with the living reality of God within. The 'evil' is the friction that compels you to revise an unreconciled image. In Neville’s world, every event is an inward invitation to return to I AM, to imagine the unification of these forces as already complete. When you dwell in the awareness that there is only one Life expressing as you, the conflict dissolves and the inner kingdom governs without tremor.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the state of unity now—that there is only one Life and you are its sovereign witness. Close your eyes and revise the scene, seeing Abimelech and Shechem as harmonized aspects within you, and feel the harmony as already real.

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