Neville Goddard on Zechariah 9:10-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

13When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

14And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

15The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

16And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

Zechariah 9:10-17

Biblical Context

Zechariah 9:10-17 presents a future where weapons are removed and peace is proclaimed. God defends and crowns his people in beauty.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this passage the outward armies become my inward states. The chariot from Ephraim, the horse from Jerusalem, the battle bow — these are my old instruments of fear and struggle, dissolved by the awareness that I am the I AM, source of all power. When the verse says, 'he shall speak peace unto the heathen,' I hear peace spoken by my own attention, not as a wish but as my natural condition of mind. My dominion from sea to sea is the vast field of consciousness I cultivate by imaginative acts; by turning to the stronghold, I awaken prisoners of hope to freedom, not from a future event but from belief in lack. When I bend Judah for me and raise up my sons, O Zion against my sons, O Greece, I am aligning parts of myself in harmony, dissolving inner battles. The Lord shall be seen over them; my awareness becomes the arrow that clears the sky; the trumpet and whirlwinds are my inner cues of action. In that day the Lord saves me as the flock; I become a crown, an ensign upon my land.