Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 20:1-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

2Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

4And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

6And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

7Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

9If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

11Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

12O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

2 Chronicles 20:1-12

Biblical Context

Jehoshaphat faces a vast enemy coalition, fasts, and gathers Judah to seek the LORD in the temple. He recalls God's sovereignty and covenant faithfulness, and places his trust entirely in divine help.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the alarm of the multitude as a projection of your own dormant power. Jehoshaphat’s fear is not punishment but a signal to turn consciousness upward, to seek the LORD within. The ‘house, thy name is in this house’ becomes the sanctuary of your own awareness, and the appeal, 'our eyes are upon thee,' is the moment you stop looking outward and begin looking inward. In Neville’s key, the kingdom of God is the I AM—your eternal presence that outshines every opposing circumstance. The fear is a call to revise the inner state, not to battle external forces. When you align with that presence, you discover you already possess the power to overcome; the great army dissolves into the recognition of your unity with God. The crisis functions as a ritual of turning, a declaration of covenant loyalty, which moves your inner weather from confusion to trust. The evidence is not in armies but in the quiet assurance that you are heard and helped when you stand in the light of your own consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are standing in the sanctuary of your mind, with your eyes on the I AM presence. Silently declare, 'I am here; guide me,' and listen for inner direction.