Neville Goddard on Nahum 1:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nahum 1 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Nahum 1:4-5

Biblical Context

Nahum portrays God’s sovereign power over creation, showing that his presence upends the ordinary order of sea, rivers, mountains, and land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Suppose you read Nahum 1:4-5 as a map of your inner world. God is not a distant ruler but the I AM that awakens awareness in you. The sea that He rebukes and makes dry represents the storms of thought and feeling you once believed owned you; when you assent to the I AM here now, those tides recede and the rivers of worry run dry. Bashan, Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon stand for fixed formations of ego—pride, prejudice, craving—that wither in the glare of divine presence. The mountains quake and the hills melt because the solidifications of your old self yield to the fire of awareness; the earth is burned at his presence, meaning the misidentifications you clung to burn away in the light of I AM. This is not punishment but the natural consequence of recognizing your personal God as the governing reality. The world you see rearranges itself because the inner decree has changed: you are the I AM that rules your kingdom.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume the I AM is fully present as your awareness here and now. Feel the inner sea calm, the rivers stop, and the inner mountains melt into quiet.