Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 31:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 31 in context

Scripture Focus

2And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

3He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

4Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 31:2-4

Biblical Context

Hezekiah organizes the priests and Levites by their service, sets burnt and peace offerings, and commands Jerusalem's people to provide for the priests so the law may be encouraged and taught.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the temple is a field of consciousness where the I AM stands at the gates. The priests and Levites are your inner faculties—memory, imagination, gratitude, and worship—disciplined by attention. The courses Hezekiah sets symbolize arranging these faculties into orderly service: burnt offerings as purified thoughts, peace offerings as harmonized desires, and thanksgiving and praise as the constant acknowledgment of the I AM. The king's portion represents the higher self investing its substance into daily rites; morning and evening offerings are your repeated acts of focus, the sabbath and new moons your rests in the awareness that all is complete in God. To encourage in the law is to incline your inner listener toward the inner order, letting the law govern perception and feeling. When you align these inner departments, you do not beg for blessings; you become the instrument through which a law-abiding life arises from within. Your outer world reflects the inner temple you have arranged: order births gratitude, gratitude births praise, and praise awakens the sense of right order.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes. Appoint an inner course for your day and feel the grateful offerings as already given, passing through the gates of awareness with thanksgiving.