Neville Goddard on Ruth 4:10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ruth 4 in context

Scripture Focus

10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

Ruth 4:10

Biblical Context

Ruth is made the wife to preserve the dead man's name and inheritance within the community; the act safeguards lineage at the gate, keeping faith and unity alive.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within every man there lies Ruth—the loyal, steadfast quality awaiting union with the Boaz of awareness. When I say, 'I have purchased Ruth to be my wife,' I am declaring that the loyal nature within me is now claimed by the I AM—the Living One who governs my consciousness. The 'name of the dead' speaks not of a person gone, but of abandoned aspects of self, forgotten desires, and injuries left to wither in the background. By purchasing Ruth, the I AM revives these energies, giving them a rightful place in the present inheritance of my life. The gate is the moment of decision—the point at which one asserts that this lineage, this continuity of being, is now established in the present. No longer separated or lost to time, the dead man's name is brought into the living circle of awareness, witnessed by the self as if it were already so. Thus, the inner covenant becomes practical: loyalty to who I am becoming, and the unity of all I value, here and now.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and imagine the I AM as Boaz, purchasing Ruth—the loyal inner self—as your wife in consciousness. Feel the lineage of your life revived in your present inheritance, and witness it now.