Neville Goddard on Ruth 4:11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ruth 4 in context

Scripture Focus

11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

Ruth 4:11

Biblical Context

The elders at the gate witness Ruth’s entry and bless her, invoking Rachel and Leah as the two who built Israel; they bless Boaz to act rightly so Ruth’s house may be established and remembered.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the mind’s theater, the gate and the elders are your inner states of consciousness. I AM, the enduring awareness within you, observes a decision: to bless a new entry into your life. The blessing that Ruth’s entrance be like Rachel and Leah points to the two powers that built Israel—loyalty and nurturing, action and tenderness—united within your life. When the elders say, 'We are witnesses,' you hear consciousness affirming your choice and recording it as truth. The 'woman' entering the house represents the integration of your inner faculties, a covenant of loyalty to your true self, inviting the masculine and feminine energies to cooperate harmoniously. The phrase 'be famous in Bethlehem' signals inner bread—your supply and recognition arising from this covenant. In Neville's terms, the house of Israel is your perfected state realized through the feeling of the wish fulfilled. Imagination is the architect; I AM is the ground of being; your belief becomes the brick, and the settled feeling of having it now is the mortar that seals the structure.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the feeling of Ruth’s loyal, fruitful entry into your inner house. See the inner gate open, hear the elders' approving witness, and declare privately, 'We are witnesses' to your own becoming; rest in the sense of the fulfilled covenant inside you.