Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 33:7-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 33 in context

Scripture Focus

7And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

8Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

9So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

2 Chronicles 33:7-9

Biblical Context

Manasseh set up an idol in the house of God, causing Judah to err and abandon the divine order. The passage calls for true worship by keeping the inner temple aligned with the law and the I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the temple of God as your own state of awareness. When Manasseh places the carved image in the house, it is not merely a historical crime; it is a symbol of a belief that has taken sovereignty in your consciousness. He set up an idol where the I AM should reign, and so the inner land, the 'land' of your life, is governed by image rather than by the living presence. In Neville's psychology, this is how fear, desire, or false identity can supersede the inner law, turning you from the true worship that arises from alignment with the divine I AM. The command to keep the law indicates that the living principle binds the mind to harmony; when you allow an idol, you create a rebellious state that wanders into the lands of separation. Your work is to revise that image with one that affirms: I AM the ruler here; the law is written on the heart; the inner sanctuary is kept pure by belief in the I AM. Practice the assumed recognition of the I AM as ruler, and the world will follow from that inner truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: assume the I AM is sovereign in your consciousness; revise the idol by replacing it with the living image of God and feel the inner law settling your life.