Summary of the Old Testament Book: Neville Goddard Style

“The Bible is your autobiography, written in symbolic form.”
— Neville Goddard

According to Neville Goddard, the Bible is not a historical record but a symbolic map of consciousness. Each story is not about someone else, long ago. It is about you—and the evolution of your awareness through the Law of Assumption. Every figure represents a state of mind. Every city, a belief system. Every victory, the reward of sustained inner conviction.

In this article, you'll find concise symbolic summaries of each Old Testament book, revealing how your divine imagination is the real author and fulfiller of Scripture.

The Pentateuch

Foundations of Assumption

• Genesis – The birth of self-awareness. Desire arises. Identity is imagined into being.

• Exodus – Liberation from limiting beliefs (Egypt) through discovering “I AM” as the one true power.

• Leviticus – Inner purification: aligning the mind with your chosen reality.

• Numbers – Wandering in mental uncertainty, testing faith before true assumption.

• Deuteronomy – Rehearsal of truth before full embodiment of the assumed state.

Historical Books

States in Motion and Maturation

• Joshua – Bold assumption: entering the Promised Land is entering the state of the wish fulfilled.

• Judges – Cycles of unconscious drifting and awakening to inner discipline.

• Ruth – Devotion and loyalty reposition you for spiritual rebirth.

• 1 Samuel – Clash between the fading self-image (Saul) and the emerging ideal (David).

• 2 Samuel – The assumed self gains mastery, yet faces the tension of divided focus.

• 1 Kings – Building your inner temple (of wisdom and control), only to neglect it.

• 2 Kings – Outer breakdown mirrors forgotten use of imagination.

• 1 Chronicles – Tracing your inner ancestry: the thoughts and states that built your world.

• 2 Chronicles – The fruits of spiritual obedience—or its absence.

• Ezra – Rebuilding inner clarity after an identity crisis.

• Nehemiah – Strengthening mental walls against doubt and opposition.

• Esther – The hidden identity (true self) emerges to transform your destiny.

Wisdom and Poetry

Emotion, Reflection, and Realisation

• Job – Enduring contradiction: faith held firm when appearances mock the vision.

• Psalms – Songs of emotional ascent—from despair to divine confidence.

• Proverbs – Universal truths about creation through assumption.

• Ecclesiastes – All effort is meaningless without spiritual awareness.

• Song of Solomon – Mystical romance: union of the soul with the “I AM.”

Major Prophets

The Awakening Self Declares Its Vision

• Isaiah – Prophetic imagination: the power to declare “It is so.”

• Jeremiah – Grief over betrayal of the self; a call to realign with the truth.

• Lamentations – Mourning the effects of living from false identity.

• Ezekiel – Reanimating dead states through vivid inner vision.

• Daniel – Holding inner conviction when external pressures arise.

Minor Prophets

Twelve Reflections on Return and Realignment

• Hosea – Returning to love and truth after spiritual wandering.

• Joel – Awakening to new inspiration—“I will pour out My spirit.”

• Amos – A call for justice: righting the imbalance in assumption.

• Obadiah – The fall of prideful states so that humility may rise.

• Jonah – You cannot outrun your true calling—resistance causes chaos.

• Micah – Walk with your I AM: simply, powerfully, humbly.

• Nahum – The downfall of oppressive inner structures.

• Habakkuk – Wait for it—it will surely come. Vision is gestating.

• Zephaniah – Clear away inner noise to reveal the divine.

• Haggai – Build the inner temple before seeking outer results.

• Zechariah – Rebuilding imagination with divine clarity.

• Malachi – Final word: transformation begins in the heart.

Final Thoughts: You Are the Living Scripture

The Bible, read symbolically, reveals the deepest truth Neville taught: Your assumptions create your world. Each book of the Old Testament is an unfolding of states within you. You are not reading about others. You are reading your own spiritual autobiography in code.

When you assume a new state, you fulfil the promise. You become the prophecy.

Assume wisely. Create faithfully. And walk your own Scriptures into reality.