Inner Council Of Deceptive Voices
2 Chronicles 18:18-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Chronicles 18 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage shows a divine council where a spirit proposes enticement to lead Ahab into defeat, illustrating how inner beliefs shape outer events and fate.
Neville's Inner Vision
Picture the scene as your inner theatre. The LORD on his throne is the I AM, that steady awareness you are always, the seat from which all possibility is observed. The host of heaven are the rival stories your mind rehearses, and the spirit that says, I will entice him, is the habitual suggestion that seems true enough to move you to action. Ahab stands for your smaller self, the ego that says it must have its way, the portion of you that trusts a fear-drawn script over your true nature. When the lying spirit takes voice in the prophets, the message is not external judgment but a reflection of how a thought, misnamed as fact, can turn into a path you walk. The Lord’s word that you shall entice and prevail is the mirror of your responsibility: entertaining a false premise yields a life shaped by that premise. The remedy is simple in Neville's way: assume the truth of I AM, revise the proposed scene, and feel it real as if you were already free. Let the inner voice that guides you be wholly truthful, and your Ramoth-Gilead becomes a scene of realization instead of defeat.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Tonight, close your eyes and declare, 'I AM the Lord on the throne of my mind; no deceptive voice may rule me.' Then revise a current troubling belief by imagining the truthful, guiding voice replacing the lie, and feel the shift as your action aligns with your true self.
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