Amen and The Inner Promise
Nehemiah 5:13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Nehemiah 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Nehemiah declares a binding promise, warning that those who do not keep it will be shaken from their houses and labor. The congregation responds with Amen and praise, and the people move to fulfill the promise.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Neville's vocabulary, the lap is a symbol of your inner stance, a theatre where a conscious decision is proven. When Nehemiah shakes his lap, he is not threatening but making visible a boundary between imagination and external life. The Amen that follows is the inner assent of a collective state of consciousness: an agreement that the promise now exists in the I AM, not merely as a future hope. The shaking out of men who do not perform the promise mirrors the law of vibration within you, where any belief, memory, or habit that contradicts the promise is released from your inner 'house' and 'labour.' The people’s obedience becomes an outward expression of an inner alignment: once you accept the fulfilled promise in imagination, your actions begin to move in harmony with it. Your task is to cultivate the inner state corresponding to the fulfilled promise—unshakable certainty, a vivid sense of the outcome, and frequent refreshment of that conviction until it informs every choice. The Amen becomes the solitary, continuous chorus of your I AM, echoing through your day as you live as if the promise is already done.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume the promise as present fact. Then whisper an internal 'Amen,' and live today in alignment with that reality, watching your inner and outer world rearrange itself to match the fulfilled promise.
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