Here is a symbolic interpretation of Peter the Rock and Jesus as the Living Water in relation to Moses striking the rock in Exodus 17, viewed through Neville Goddard’s framework—where the Old Testament outlines the psychological blueprint, and the New Testament fulfils it through awakened spiritual awareness.
Exodus 17: The Rock Struck in the Wilderness
In Exodus 17, the Israelites—newly freed from Egypt—wander a barren wilderness. They thirst, not merely for physical water, but for inner assurance, sustenance, and faith.
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Moses, symbolising awakened yet tested consciousness, strikes the rock, and water flows forth.
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The rock represents the hardened, externalised world of fact—the fixed beliefs and perceived limits of reality.
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The water, by contrast, symbolises imagination—fluid, creative, and life-giving, yet here, trapped within form.
Moses striking the rock with his rod symbolises the act of focused faith confronting rigid appearances—revealing the latent power of imagination hidden beneath seeming limitation.
This scene illustrates a timeless principle:
What appears immovable (the rock) can be made to yield (flow) through applied inner certainty (the rod of faith).
Fulfilment in the New Testament: Peter and the Living Water
The New Testament completes and spiritualises this pattern.
Peter as the Rock
In Matthew 16:18, Jesus declares:
“You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.”
From Neville’s perspective, Peter symbolises the new, solidified faith—not in institutions, but in imagination as the creative reality.
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This rock is not the hardened mind of the old world but the steadfast knowing that the unseen creates the seen.
Jesus as the Living Water
In John 4:14, Jesus says:
“Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
In Neville’s teaching, Jesus is not a historical figure, but personified imagination—awakened and creative.
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The living water is the flowing, nourishing movement of awareness itself—rising from within once faith is established.
The Parallel Fulfilled
| Old Testament | New Testament Fulfilment |
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| Rock in the wilderness | Peter as the rock of inner faith |
| Water flows when rock is struck | Living water flows from belief in the inner Christ |
| Moses uses rod (faith) | Jesus builds on conscious conviction |
| Israelites murmur in thirst | The soul thirsts until it discovers imagination |
| Water hidden in external rock | Living water springs from within awakened awareness |
Conclusion: From Force to Flow
The rock Moses strikes is a foreshadowing—a shadow of the greater fulfilment in Peter and Jesus:
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In Exodus, imagination is hidden, requiring force to release it.
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In the New Testament, faith has matured. Peter becomes the rock of conviction, and Jesus—the embodiment of imagination—releases living water through inner recognition, not external effort.
The veil has lifted. The hardened beliefs of the past give way to the flowing truth of awakened consciousness.
What once required the rod of faith now flows freely from the realisation of “I AM.”
This is the shift from outer drama to inner realisation—the heart of Neville’s message.
And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb" - Revelation 22:1
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