Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 6:18-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 6 in context

Scripture Focus

18But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

19Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

2 Chronicles 6:18-19

Biblical Context

Solomon asks whether God truly dwells among people and notes that even heaven cannot contain Him, while inviting God to regard the servant's prayer and hear the cry.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the verse is not asking for a geographical home of God, but an inner condition. The 'house' Solomon built is only a symbol for your mental construction about God; heaven cannot contain Him because He is the I AM that fills your consciousness. The real dwelling place is the state of awareness in which you acknowledge, not petition, but recognize that God is already present. When you ask, 'Will God dwell on earth?' you are confessing the premise that you are separated from the All; yet the text shows that the moment you turn your attention to the inner call, God hearkens to the cry of consciousness. Your prayers are not to move a distant deity, but to awaken your own awareness to what is already true: the presence that animates every cell, every thought. The covenant loyalty is the promise of alignment—when you stay faithful to the conviction that you are that presence, the external conditions rearrange to mirror your inner state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the feeling that you are already the dwelling place; silently declare 'I am the Presence now' and rest into that awareness as you breathe.