Whispers of the Inner King

Judges 9:5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Judges 9 in context

Scripture Focus

5And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
Judges 9:5

Biblical Context

The verse describes Abimelech killing his seventy brothers to seize the throne at his father's house; the youngest, Jotham, survives by hiding.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the I AM within, the scene is a dream of inner politics, a drama of who would rule your mind. Abimelech stands for a king born of force, an old habit of power that imagines authority comes by slicing away the parts of you that question it. The seventy brethren are the many facets of your consciousness you would discard to secure a single throne. The 'one stone' is a fixed notion, the stubborn image by which you insist reality must obey you. Jotham, the youngest, survives by hiding; he is the quiet witness, the awareness that observes without participating in the frenzy. Neville teaches that God is I AM, the awareness that sees and does not need to destroy to prove itself. When you identify with the violent choice, you create a would-be kingdom built on fear; when you return to the inner self and imagine all parts harmonized under a single, benevolent king, the inner landscape reorganizes itself. The Kingdom of God then arises as your present, integrated awareness, not as a conquest over others but a reconciliation within.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and revise the scene by imagining yourself as Jotham, the hidden observer, and declare, I AM the king who loves every part of me; imagine all inner voices reconciled and ruling together in harmony.

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