Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 26 in context

Scripture Focus

16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:

18And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.

19Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

20And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

21And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

2 Chronicles 26:16-21

Biblical Context

Uzziah's strength turned to destruction when he exalted himself and attempted to burn incense in the temple. The priests confronted him, and his pride brought leprosy, severing him from the house of the LORD.

Neville's Inner Vision

Uzziah in you is the self-concept swollen with power, assuming it may perform a priestly rite in the temple of your mind. To burn incense is to push the ego into a sacred office that belongs to the priests of your inner Aaron, the quiet stillness of awareness. When you listen to the inner guardians—the disciplines of conscience, humility, and true worship—they step between the king-thought and the altar, declaring that this is not your function. Pride, like a fever in the forehead, marks the moment of misalignment; the leprosy is the visible sign that you have separated yourself from the house of the LORD, your original state of pure perception. Yet this is not a curse but a correction, a turning back to the I AM from which all power flows. When you yield and let the I AM govern, the inner palace is restored and you resume rightful worship, not by force of personality but by alignment with divine consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: For 5 minutes, sit with the I AM as king and let the inner priests govern. When pride rises, revise by affirming I am awareness and this temple is ruled by the I AM.