Neville Goddard on Judges 9:28-29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 9 in context

Scripture Focus

28And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?

29And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

Judges 9:28-29

Biblical Context

Gaal challenges Abimelech’s authority and covets rule, while Abimelech pushes the crowd to increase his army, signaling a contest over who governs the inner life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judge the scene as a mirror of inner state. Gaal’s challenge is not a political quarrel but a cry of the ego asserting 'I should be in charge.' The name Abimelech stands for the current ruling thought—the I AM aware, the compass by which your inner life is ordered. When Gaal says, 'Would to God this people were under my hand,' the imagination is testing its power to wield control over the inner kingdom. The response, 'Increase thine army, and come out,' is an inner invitation to bolster the old belief, to feed the ego with more momentum. In Neville’s method, the remedy is not to suppress but to revise inwardly: see that you are already the ruler of your inner realm by acknowledging the one Power—the I AM—within. The 'people' are your inner dispositions, and their allegiance follows your dominant assumption. By imagining that you govern from stillness, clarity, and love, you dissolve the impulse to usurp and align the ego with truth. Your kingdom is not to be earned; it is already established in awareness.

Practice This Now

Practice: For five minutes, close your eyes and assume the feeling 'I AM the ruler of my inner kingdom now.' Revise any sentence about others 'they should' to 'I AM' and feel the peace of that authority.