Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 36:15-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

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 36:15-23

Biblical Context

God's compassion moves to warn and correct. Rebellion leads to exile and destruction, followed by restoration when the heart aligns with divine intent.

Neville's Inner Vision

See this chapter as a map of inner states. The LORD’s messengers are the whispers of your I AM, rising early to guide you back to the temple of awareness. When you mock or despise them, the inner sanctuary grows desolate; the walls crumble and the vessels of your true riches are carried away by seeming circumstance. But this is not punishment; it is the soul’s invitation to revise. The exile of the heart becomes the room in which the higher self, as Cyrus, stirs your spirit and proclaims a new order. The decree to build, to return, to restore the house of God, is a symbolic act of inner assumption: you choose again what you will accept as real. The seventy “sabbaths” are your patience with yourself, a counted rhythm that allows awareness to settle until rest is established in consciousness. When you take up that inner decree—“Let the temple be rebuilt in Jerusalem”—you align with Providence and feel a surge of liberty. The moment you assume you already possess this rebuilding, the entire landscape of your life shifts to reflect it.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and imagine the inner messenger knocking at your door at dawn; declare, "I AM restored; my inner temple is rebuilt now." See Cyrus raise the decree through your kingdom and feel the walls of Jerusalem rising within your heart.