Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 9:32-33 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 9 in context

Scripture Focus

32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

33Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

Nehemiah 9:32-33

Biblical Context

It states that God is just and covenant-keeping, and that the people’s troubles, extending back to earlier kings, arise from their own wickedness. It also implies an invitation to realign with the covenant.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, Nehemiah speaks from the inner court where awareness dwells with power—the great, the mighty, the terrible I AM who keeps covenant and mercy. The trouble described is the old weather of your own mind, tribes of inner rulers (kings, princes, priests, prophets, fathers) whose voices have ruled since ancient time. The verse does not deny the law; it names the justice of the inner state: Thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly. In Neville’s sense, your outer conditions are the feedback of your inner perception. To change them, you do not argue with appearances but return to the covenant, assume the state of mercy and righteousness as your present fact, revise the memory of separation, and feel it is done in your own consciousness. Let the old history melt into the new assumption that the I AM is the authority behind every event. When you dwell as this awareness, trouble dissolves into a new harmony as if the return from exile has begun within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state: I AM the great, covenant-keeping I AM. Feel that this is already true, and dwell in the sensation of being restored, right now.