Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 20:14-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 20 in context

Scripture Focus

14Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

16To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

17Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

19And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

2 Chronicles 20:14-19

Biblical Context

The Spirit rests in the assembly and declares that fear is unnecessary because the battle belongs to God. They are told to stand still and witness the salvation of the LORD while they worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

I tell you, you are the house in which the Spirit speaks. The great multitude is the clamor of your thoughts; the Battlefield is the movement of fear within your mind. Jehoshaphat's posture—bowed, then the nation worshiping—shows that true victory comes not by weapons but by an inner alignment with the I AM, the Living Awareness. When the command comes, 'set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD,' you are invited into a moment of radical stillness. In that stillness, the sense of separation collapses; the 'battle' dissolves into a recognition that God is the I AM present as your own consciousness. The LORD will be with you becomes the felt presence of your core self, the unshakable I AM, witnessing the end of conflict before it begins. Your faith acts as the channel through which this inner salvation manifests as peace, unity, and courage; worship becomes the image your mind holds of its own infinite union with divine presence.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine the Spirit filling your room; say softly, 'The battle is not mine, but God's' until fear dissolves. Feel the calm, bring in the stillness, and let salvation stand revealed in your own awareness.