Inner Return and Possession

Obadiah 1:19-20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Obadiah 1 in context

Scripture Focus

19And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
Obadiah 1:19-20

Biblical Context

Obadiah 1:19-20 speaks of nations reclaiming lands and Israel's return to a homeland. It is also a symbolic picture of the inner life reclaiming its true home.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let the verse be read as a map of your inner geography. The mount of Esau, the plains, the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Gilead are not lands you travel to, but stations of consciousness you choose to possess by a deliberate assumption. The captivity of this host—the mind clinging to fear, doubt, and limitation—reads as a scene that yields to the action of I AM, your abiding awareness. When you refuse to identify with lack and instead dwell in the awareness that you are the I AM, the captive powers surrender their hold and allotment shifts: what seemed to belong to others becomes your own domain, what was exiled returns to center. The Canaanites, Sepharad, Zarephath are symbolic energies in your psyche—habits, talents, and desires—that you reorganize through imaginative revision. The prophecy is fulfilled first within: a reversal of confinement, a reclamation of inner cities, a relocation of your sense of home from fear to faith. This is new creation: renewal by the steadfast act of inner choosing.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you already possess the promised land; feel it in your chest and steps. Say, I am the I AM, and I possess this land now; let that reality color your next moment.

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