Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 11:21-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 11 in context

Scripture Focus

21And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

22And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

23And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

2 Chronicles 11:21-23

Biblical Context

Rehoboam centers his life on many wives and numerous children, elevating Abijah as chief to rule among his brothers. He disperses his children across Judah and Benjamin’s fortified cities, supplying them in abundance and pursuing further wives.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville vantage, Rehoboam’s outward policy is a map of inner states. The many wives and countless children are not people to conquer but attachments and possibilities within consciousness; the dispersion of his children through every fenced city mirrors the mind scattering energies across habits and beliefs to secure a sense of kingdom. Maachah, the daughter in love with appearances, points to the lure of images that promise safety through possession. Abijah, set as chief, is the hidden impulse I place in leadership: the decision which state shall rule my affairs. To distribute and crown him is to authorize a future version of myself to lead in present awareness. Giving victual to all the children is self-nourishment of each facet of thought I own. The kingdom of God, therefore, is not a place but the state of consciousness in which I acknowledge the I AM as sole ruler. When I align with that kingly order, my life flows according to its throne.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, say 'I AM the ruler of my mind.' In your imagination, crown one desired state as Abijah did, and feel it real in your body; then revise a current situation by letting that leading state govern the scene.