Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 4:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 4 in context

Scripture Focus

7But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

8And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

Nehemiah 4:7-8

Biblical Context

Nehemiah 4:7-8 shows progress as the walls are built and breaches closed, then enemies plot to fight and hinder. The plain sense is that external opposition arises where visible achievement occurs.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the mystic, the City of Jerusalem is not a material city but a state of consciousness. Sanballat, Tobiah and the others are names for distracting thoughts—fear, doubt, fatigue—rising the moment you resolve to repair the breaches of your life. When the walls are said to be 'made up' and the breaches stopped, you are experiencing a reordering of your I AM with its purpose; the mind sees itself enclosed by a firmer border of awareness. The anger of 'they were very wroth' is the old self resisting the new order, not a literal siege. The conspirators plotting to 'fight against Jerusalem' reveal the inner tendency to resist change, to keep you from standing in your desired state. Neville teaches that imagination creates reality: act as if the end is already achieved, feel it real now, and refuse to let appearances refute your inner conviction. Perseverance comes through steady revision of your state of consciousness until the interior walls hold, and the inner city remains peaceful despite outer noise.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, assume the walls are complete now, feel it real, and declare 'I am the wall I have built by my assumption.' Then proceed with the day as if the inner city is secure.