Neville Goddard on Obadiah 1:12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Obadiah 1 in context

Scripture Focus

12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

Obadiah 1:12

Biblical Context

It warns you not to rejoice in a brother's misfortune. It also cautions against prideful, boastful speech in another's day of distress.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, Obadiah's rebuke dissolves into a note about states of consciousness. When one 'rejoices' at another's calamity, you are not blessing; you are endorsing a split within your own awareness. The day of distress in another becomes a signal of your own inner weather: judgment, separation, the belief that you are separate from the other. The remedy is not outward reform but inner alignment. Change your assumption: the I AM in you is also the I AM in your brother; there is only one Life, one Mind, one Love expressing as us all. In that vision, mercy flows and pride withers, for there is no opposing state to recognize—only the universal Self that embraces all. Practice revising each moment: replace thoughts of superiority with the quiet conviction that you are one with the other; speak and act from a place of compassion as if you are blessing your own image. As you hold that unified state, the appearance of distress loses its power to divide.