Hidden in the Temple: Inner Sanctuary
2 Chronicles 22:12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Chronicles 22 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse tells of a boy hidden in the temple for six years while Athaliah ruled, signaling the inner sanctuary as refuge during upheaval. It points to perseverance in stillness and the presence of God safeguarding the true ruler within.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within this verse lies a map for inner work: the body of the temple shelters the hidden king while Athaliah’s outward rule rages. The six years of concealment mark a long patience of the imagination, not a prison but a school of awareness. In the sanctuary I AM, God remains present, and the usurper cannot touch the throne of consciousness. The kingdom of God is already established within, awaiting the moment when attention aligns with it. Your perseverance is a discipline of revision and feeling-it-real: imagine the king already reigning, sense the quiet certainty that Providence guides the hands of time. The outer drama passes while you stay in the house of God, nourished by stillness and the reassurance of divine presence. When you finally choose to emerge, it is not to fight but to awaken to that inner government already complete. The I AM sustains you, and every shift outside becomes intelligible as the shifting appearance of a reality you have already accepted within.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine yourself as the hidden one in the temple, protected by the I AM; declare, 'I am safe in God's house, and Providence governs my timing.' Then rest in that feeling until it feels real.
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