Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 16:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 16 in context

Scripture Focus

1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

2Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

3Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

4Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

5Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

7And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

1 Kings 16:1-7

Biblical Context

God’s word comes against Baasha, reminding us that elevating oneself while following old patterns leads to judgment. The passage ends with Baasha’s death and a new ruler, symbolizing the consequences of clinging to the old ways.

Neville's Inner Vision

Baasha's rise from the dust is not mere history but a symbol of your inner state. In Neville's terms, the LORD's word to Jehu is your consciousness awakening to a pattern that pretends to rule. When you imitate Jeroboam, you exalt a limited self and your inner people sin, inviting inner turbulence. The prophecy that Baasha's house will be cut off is an invitation to revise your life from within. The posterity of Baasha represents future experiences built on fear, control, and old loyalties; their overthrow signals that you can realign with a higher state. The house of Baasha mirrors habits and memories you accept as real; the decree against it shows that observed outcomes reflect your present inner state. God is the I AM inside you, not a distant judge. When you dwell in the new state—feeling the royalty of your true self—you soften old patterns and let life rearrange itself. The moment you claim, 'I am the ruler here,' your outer world follows the reimagined inner end.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit in quiet, assume the feeling of the authority you desire; imagine Baasha stepping down, revise the old memory with your present power, and feel it real now.