Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 9:29-30 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 9 in context

Scripture Focus

29And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

30Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Nehemiah 9:29-30

Biblical Context

Nehemiah 9:29-30 depicts God testifying to the people to return to His law, but they resist and harden themselves, enduring for years until they are handed over to foreign powers because they would not listen.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this passage, the people are the states of consciousness within you, and the law is your I AM-awareness. God’s testimony against them is the inner call to live by the law of life, the commandment that keeps you in alignment. When you raise a proud shoulder and turn from the inner voice, you are not hearing the I AM; you are choosing a separate story over the unity of being. Yet the Spirit—your inner whispering prophets—remains, forbearingly testifying to the truth of who you are. If you persist in ignoring this call, you experience delay and outer “captivity” as the psyche experiences the consequences of disobedience to its own law. The remedy is to revise the scene in imagination: accept that you hear, you obey, you live by the law now. Feel the reality of your return to the I AM, and watch the outer scene realign as the inner posture becomes true.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes, place a hand on your chest, and declare: I now live by the inner law; I hear and obey the I AM; I revise the story to reflect harmony, and I feel it real.