Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 15:31-34 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 15 in context

Scripture Focus

31Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

32And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

33In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

34And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

1 Kings 15:31-34

Biblical Context

1 Kings 15:31-34 recounts Nadab’s final acts, the long war between Asa and Baasha, Baasha’s twenty-four-year reign in Tirzah, and his evil path following Jeroboam’s sin. It also hints at how patterns of ruling mirror inner dispositions that lead Israel astray.

Neville's Inner Vision

The page speaks not of distant rulers but of states of consciousness wearing outward names. Nadab’s acts symbolize the old self clinging to small fears, while Baasha’s accession marks a settled mental posture—an inner king that has decided upon a path of control that mirrors Jeroboam’s sin. The war between Asa and Baasha is the inner conflict between two currents of thought within you: the aspirant to truth (Asa) and the habit-bound ego (Baasha). Tirzah, the place of Baasha’s reign, stands for a threshold of your own mind where a dominant attitude takes root. When it says Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, it speaks of a state of consciousness that has allowed old misalignments to govern your inner life, producing Israel to sin — your inner community of thoughts and feelings bending toward separation from the I AM. The Chronicles remind you that every inner act is recorded; you can choose to re-write them. In this moment, you are not bound to the past; you are the I AM, capable of choosing a higher king within and letting the war end in peace through awareness.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM is the reigning king in your inner Tirzah; feel the war between old patterns dissolve as you revise them and choose the higher alignment.