Neville Goddard on Nahum 1:2-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nahum 1 in context

Scripture Focus

2God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

3The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

7The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Nahum 1:2-7

Biblical Context

God appears as both a fierce judge and a protective refuge, whose presence stirs storms yet becomes a stronghold for those who trust Him. The text shows wrath toward enemies and mercy toward the trusting, inviting you to feel the truth inwardly.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Nahum's lines, I hear the I AM awakening as the jealous guardian of my wholeness. The fierce language is not a verdict stamped on others, but the inner boundary I set by consciousness. Wrath and vengeance are the natural reaction of a mind refusing to surrender its unity to fear; as I refuse fear, that movement completes its play and dissolves. But the same divine presence is slow to anger because power rests in stillness. I imagine the whirlwind and the storm as thoughts in motion within me; when I align with the I AM, the storm loses its charge and the sea is rebuked by the quiet awareness that I am still. The mountains, the hills, the earth dissolve in the radiant light of consciousness; what remains is the good God who is a stronghold for the surprised but trusting heart. This is why the Lord knows them that trust him—the inner state of trust is the only judge and the only refuge you require.