Neville Goddard on Judges 9:41-45 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

41And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

42And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

43And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

44And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

Judges 9:41-45

Biblical Context

Abimelech drives out Gaal from Shechem and then attacks the city with three companies, defeating those in the fields and at the gate. He destroys the city and finally sows it with salt.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 9:41-45 presents a vivid image of inner authority in action. Abimelech represents the willful I AM moving through the theater of your life, assembling three bands of mind to confront a perceived threat and to seize the city you think you must possess. The fields, the gate, and the city symbolize stages of consciousness, while the act of sowing salt stands for erasing memory of the old self. The lesson is that power is not won by outward assault but by the state of awareness you assume. When you dwell in the I AM, you can revise this scene from force to warrant, choosing a new outcome with the conviction that you are already sovereign inside. The three companies become your thoughts, feelings, and decisions aligned to serve a higher purpose, rather than to crush it. The inner kingdom is established not by conquest of others but by the quiet, felt experience of being the I AM, imagining the city transfigured rather than destroyed. Your kingdom rises as you imagine and feel it real in the present.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM sovereignty now and feel it real. Revise the scene in your imagination so the city is transformed by inner decision, not crushed by force.