Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 6:22-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

22If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

23Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

24And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

25Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

26When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

27Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

28If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

29Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

30Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

31That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

2 Chronicles 6:22-31

Biblical Context

The passage instructions that when people sin and seek God with heartfelt prayer at an inner altar, God hears, forgives, and restores; droughts and calamities signal the need for turning toward righteousness within. By confessing, praying, and realigning their heart, they may receive guidance and renewal in the land promised to their forefathers.

Neville's Inner Vision

What you witness in this chapter is not a distant temple ritual, but the drama of your own inner state. The altar is the seat of awareness within you; when you think ill of a neighbor or justify harm, you set into motion a judgment you must meet. Yet your prayer is not a petition to a distant power, but a turning of your consciousness back to the truth of your I AM. If you experience droughts, pestilence, or conflict in your life, these are signals from your own heart that your state has not yet sincerely repented and returned to the good path you know. When you choose to confess in the quiet house of your inner self, you invite forgiveness and restoration as a shift ofSubstance: the heavens open to your awareness, not to external weather. The promise remains faithful: hear, forgive, and guide your steps toward the righteous way, and your life will reflect the inward alignment you have chosen to inhabit.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In quiet stillness, declare, 'I am the I AM; I forgive and turn toward the good,' and feel a warm, rain-like grace washing over your inner land; then sense the shift as your outer life begins to align with that inner state.