Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 20:5-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 20 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

2 Chronicles 20:5-9

Biblical Context

Jehoshaphat stands in the assembly and prays to the LORD, recalling God's sovereignty and the covenant with Abraham. He declares that if they stand in the temple of the LORD and cry out in trouble, God will hear and help.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the act is not mere ceremony but a conversion of your inner state. Jehoshaphat addresses the assembled mind and calls God 'in heaven,' a reminder that the source of all power rests in your own I AM. The land, the sanctuary, the name in the house—all are symbols of your memory-formed awareness in which you stand when fear threatens. When you acknowledge that there is power and might beyond every 'kingdom' of doubt, you align with the universal governor of all events. The promise—that God will hear you when you cry in affliction—is a law about your own imaginative act: when you stand steady in the presence of your inner sanctuary and refuse to identify with chaos, the unseen helper responds. Your state of consciousness creates your circumstances; the house is the field of attention where you insist on the truth of your oneness with the I AM. By this covenant loyalty, you claim safety, direction, and relief, here and now, not in some distant future.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, enter a quiet inner temple, place your hands on the I AM within, and softly declare, 'You are my power and help.' Then breathe into the feeling that this presence is real here and now.