Neville Goddard on Numbers 21:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Numbers 21 in context

Scripture Focus

8And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

9And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

Numbers 21:8-9

Biblical Context

In Numbers 21:8-9, God commands a brass serpent on a pole; anyone bitten who looks upon it lives.

Neville's Inner Vision

That fiery brass serpent on the pole is not a 'thing out there' but a symbol of your renewed state of consciousness. The bite of the wilderness—fear, ache, and the longing for relief—arises whenever you forget who you are. To look upon the serpent is to fix your attention on your own inner remedy: the I AM, the living flame of awareness that remains unchanged. When you behold this image in imagination, you are not bending reality to your will; you are aligning with the natural law that inner state determines outer condition. The brass, fixed yet lifted on a pole, becomes the anchor through which your identified pain is revised. By looking, you release the old belief in separation and invite the healing impression of wholeness into your body and life. Healing, in this sense, is a revision of being, not a fight with symptoms. Trust the look; trust the I AM; and the life you seek flows forth as you reside in that realized state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, visualize the brass serpent on a pole at the center of your chest, and declare, 'I AM healed now,' then feel the vitality rising as your awareness confirms the image.