Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 36:14-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 36 in context

Scripture Focus

14Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

15And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

17Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

19And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

20And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

21To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

22Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

23Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

2 Chronicles 36:14-23

Biblical Context

The passage recounts leaders and people committing abominations and polluting the holy place. Because of their disobedience, God sends messengers, and wrath falls, leading to exile, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the removal of its treasures until Cyrus' decree begins the return.

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember that in Neville’s sense, the 'house of the LORD' is your own mind—your awareness. When the chief priests and the people align with the abominations of the heathen, they are simply states of consciousness that ignore the I AM within. The messengers God sends are inner calls—truth, inspiration, the sense of possibility—that rise up to awaken you. To mock them is to refuse the image they bring, and wrath follows as a conviction of separation, pushing you into exile from your own temple. The destruction of the sanctuary and the exile to Babylon symbolize a belief that your treasures and divine meaning are outside you, with a long sabbath imposed on your awareness. Cyrus' decree becomes your inner decision: the spirit is stirred, and you freely declare a homecoming. The seventy years point to the length of habit; yet the practice remains the same: assume the end, feel it real, and let the I AM go up in you now. Restoration is not a distant event but a lived state you entertain in imagination today.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the end now—'I AM the temple rebuilt in me.' Close your eyes, feel the sanctuary return, and imagine Cyrus’s spirit awakening your inner king to lead you home.