Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 24:20-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 24 in context

Scripture Focus

20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

2 Chronicles 24:20-22

Biblical Context

Zechariah, anointed by the Spirit, declares that forsaking the LORD’s commandments leads to trouble; the people conspire and stone him by royal command, and Joash’s later act betrays forgotten kindness and invites divine accountability.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within every heart, the Spirit of God rises when you stand above the crowd of habit and fear. Zechariah’s cry, Thus saith God, becomes your inner I AM speaking truth that no outward command can negate. To transgress the commandments of the LORD is to forget who you are in the light of consciousness; prosperity in your inner life withers when you forsake that source of awareness. The 'king' represents the voice of fear and conformity, while the 'people' are your restless thoughts resisting the stillness of truth. The stoning is the mental image that crushes your true self when you allow belief to govern you rather than the light within. The killing of Zechariah’s son marks how forgotten kindness becomes a debt demanded by present self-justification. Yet the final line speaks to an inner law of causation: you cannot escape the action of your own consciousness. If you awaken to the I AM as your constant, you repair the breach through obedient feeling and renewed awareness, and your inner prosperity returns. Your prophecy is the steady decision to honor that divine presence here and now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the Spirit is speaking through you now; revise a current fear into a declaration of inner obedience. Then feel-it-real as you stand in your inner court, promising to honor the I AM over any outward command.