Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 9:32-38 - 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:

34Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

35For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

36Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

37And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

Nehemiah 9:32-38

Biblical Context

Nehemiah 9:32-38 presents the people acknowledging God's justice and mercy, confessing their own and their leaders' sins, and committing to a renewed covenant, sealed by their leaders and priests; they recognize their current servitude in the land as the consequence of those sins.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the land, the kings, the people, all become symbols in your inner theatre. God is the great, mighty I AM— the unalterable standard of right feeling and fixed attention. The confession that 'we have sinned' is not blame but a turning of your awareness toward the truth that you have allowed misalignment to govern your experience. The trouble that has come upon you, even as 'servants in the land,' is the inner consequence of thoughts and habits you have consented to. Your inner kingdom has not broken its covenant; rather, you have forgotten it. When you declare 'we make a sure covenant,' you are re-choosing alignment with the law of life that always favors you, sealing this choice with fidelity of your princes, Levites, and priests within—the inner faculties of judgment, devotion, and reverence. Notice that justice sits with mercy: God keeps covenant; you restore it by a fresh decision of consciousness. In this sense, the history in Nehemiah mirrors your own daily turning from fear to faith, from reaction to the steady acceptance of your divine reality.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of the I AM already in perfect covenant now. Revise any sense of lack as a mistaken movement dissolving in light, and feel it real.