Neville Goddard on Micah 4:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Micah 4 in context

Scripture Focus

2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

3And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

4But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.

5For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

Micah 4:2-5

Biblical Context

Micah 4:2-5 envisions nations flocking to God’s teaching, a turning from war to peace, and a secure, worship-filled life under the Lord.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Micah's words I hear the human mind addressing itself: nations gathering not in outward armies but in the inward mountain where the I AM speaks and teaches. The mountain of the LORD is the rising awareness from which all deeds proceed; the law going forth from Zion is the inner decree that creates order in your life. When you imagine that you are hearing, and then walking in, the ways he teaches, you are not petitioning a future king but aligning your consciousness with truth. The injunction to beat swords into plowshares is the translation of aggressive impulse into creative service; it is desire transmuted into constructive work. Nations that once learned war now learn the art of living peacefully because the mind has turned away from fear and made room for abundance. Under one's vine and fig tree signifies the settled consciousness where fear is banished and safety is experienced by inner certainty. All walk in the name of the LORD our God forever when the I AM holds your attention and you declare, in imagination, that this peace is your natural state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you stand on the inner mountain, taught by the I AM, and feel swords turning into plowshares in your life. Declare softly, I walk in the name of the LORD my God, and let this peace be my natural state.