Inner Exodus in Ruth 1:1-2

Ruth 1:1-2 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Ruth 1 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
Ruth 1:1-2

Biblical Context

Ruth 1:1-2 describes a famine during the era of the judges that drives a Bethlehemite man with his wife and two sons to settle in Moab. They leave their homeland and reside there.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the I AM of your being, the land you inhabit is a state of consciousness. The famine in Ruth 1:1-2 is the perception of lack within that inner land, and the journey from Bethlehemjudah to Moab represents a movement of attention away from a familiar center toward something hoped for elsewhere. The names—Elimelech, Naomi, Mahlon, and Chilion—mark aspects of your life and its relationships, while the setting shifts from the house of bread to a foreign landscape of appetite and circumstance. This is not judgment but a vivid script for how a mind can leave its known security in search of relief. Notice how the act of migration exposes the mind’s belief in scarcity and its willingness to travel outside its own inner field. Yet the message remains: your true nourishment dwells within your I AM. By invoking this awareness, you can revise the scene, restoring abundance in the center of your consciousness regardless of outward travel. The divine return becomes possible not by geography but by inner recognition.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are in the Bethlehem of your own mind, the true house of bread. Feel the I AM nourishing you; declare 'I AM abundance' and let that feeling realign your sense of lack.

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