Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 12:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 12 in context

Scripture Focus

5Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

6Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

7And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

2 Chronicles 12:5-7

Biblical Context

Shemaiah confronts Rehoboam and Judah for forsaking the LORD; they humble themselves and declare, 'The LORD is righteous.' God then withholds destruction and grants deliverance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the scene as a moment inside your own consciousness. Shishak is the external pressure of fear and limitation; Shemaiah is the inner messenger of your higher self. The princes and Rehoboam bow not to a political treaty but to a realization: I have turned away from the I AM, and so I have suffered the consequences of separation. When humility arises, the I AM within you is no longer distant; the Lord becomes present as your own awareness. In that moment, the word comes: they shall not be destroyed; deliverance is granted. Notice the wrath that you imagined toward yourself or others quiets because you have aligned with the covenant of God within. Mercy is not imposed from without; it is the natural fruit of recognizing the self as one with the I AM. The narrative speaks of covenant loyalty, but for you it is the loyalty of consciousness to its own eternal Presence. The external siege dissolves as your interior state is re-signed to the truth that you never left God, and God never left you. Salvation is not a distant event but a state of realized oneness now.