Inner Council Of Deceptive Voices

2 Chronicles 18:18-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 18 in context

Scripture Focus

18Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
19And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
20Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
21And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
22Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
2 Chronicles 18:18-22

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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