Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 28:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 28 in context

Scripture Focus

1Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

4He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

2 Chronicles 28:1-4

Biblical Context

Ahaz began to reign but did not do right in the sight of the LORD; he followed idolatrous ways, making molten images for Baalim and burning incense in the valley of Hinnom, even sacrificing his own children. He worshipped on high places and under every green tree.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, Ahaz is a youthful throne of fear, choosing to reign by sensation rather than by the I AM. He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, forging molten images for Baalim—the temporary, shiny fictions your mind stacks to feel secure. He burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, a hidden vale where you hide beliefs you deem dangerous, and in that vale he offers his children to fire—the sacrifices of your own possible futures to appease the fear of lack. The abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel are the old stories you repeat, trying to satisfy appetite and opinion rather than truth. He sacrifices and burns incense in high places, on hills, under every green tree—the mind's tendency to scatter attention, to seek variety rather than inner unity. Yet the LORD—your true awareness, the I AM—does not condemn but invites you to revise. This is an inner drama, not a historical sentence: you can dethrone Ahaz by returning to the one God within, by affirming I AM as the ruler, and by ceasing to entertain the idols of fear, desire, and separation.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the I AM is king of your inner Jerusalem. Declare that I AM reigns now and revise any idol of fear by feeling the truth of God's presence within.