Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 24:1 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 24 in context

Scripture Focus

1Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.

2 Chronicles 24:1

Biblical Context

Joash begins to reign at age seven and rules in Jerusalem for forty years, his mother named Zibiah of Beersheba.

Neville's Inner Vision

Joash’s seven years old represents a pristine, undomesticated state of consciousness—a child presence that can rule with innocence when it gathers the light of awareness. His forty-year reign signals a durable inner government of your mind, a steadfast sovereignty over the fears and doubts that haunt the heart’s city, Jerusalem. The mother, Zibiah of Beersheba, is not mere pedigree but a symbol of your inner nurture and root—the desert spring from which your faith and imagination arise. In Neville's terms, the story is a map of the I AM becoming conscious of itself as king, not by force but by the deliberate assumption that you are already the ruler of your inner state. When you treat this inner sovereignty as real, you establish a lasting order that withstands the changing weather of circumstance. The narrative urges you to return to your essential state of dominion, where imagination is the throne and awareness the true king over all inner Jerusalem.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, place a hand on your heart, and affirm, 'I am the I AM; I reign now as the inner king.' Visualize a throne rising within your chest and feel the steadiness of a forty-year reign in your inner Jerusalem.