Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 33:12-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 33 in context

Scripture Focus

12And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

13And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

15And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

16And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

17Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.

2 Chronicles 33:12-17

Biblical Context

Manasseh humbly seeks the LORD in trouble, receives mercy, returns to Jerusalem, then works to remove idols, repair the altar, and restore worship to the God of Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

When the man of the chapter is pressed by affliction, he retires into the consciousness that governs his life—the I AM he calls the LORD. The prayer is not a petition from a separate self, but a turning of the entire state of being. In the moment of humility, the inner walls of Jerusalem arise in him as a renewed center of awareness; a wall is built not for defence against enemies, but for guarding the today-present awareness from the allure of other gods. Manasseh’s removal of strange gods and the casting out of altars are a symbolic cleansing of mental idols—beliefs and habits that have falsely claimed authority. Rebuilding the altar is the recommencement of true worship within, offering peace and thank offerings as the feeling of gratitude in the now. The command to serve the LORD God of Israel becomes a present command to alignment: let your life be ruled by the awareness that the LORD is God, not by external conditions. Yet the people still sacrifice on high places—reminding you that transformation begins within while the outer world may lag.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the stance, 'I am restored as the Lord's temple.' In a quiet moment, feel the humility that Manasseh found, then visualize removing inner idols and rebuilding the inner altar, and declare, 'The LORD is God within me.'