Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 10:23-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 10 in context

Scripture Focus

23And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.

24And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

25And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

2 Kings 10:23-25

Biblical Context

In 2 Kings 10:23-25, Jehu enters the temple of Baal, excludes the LORD's servants, and, after offering, commands the slaughter of Baal worshippers, effectively purging the temple of idolatry and destroying the house of Baal.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jehu's act in these verses is a vivid inner allegory. Baal represents counterfeit powers within the mind, the habit of worshiping separation rather than the one I AM. The house of Baal is the shrine of false identities and beliefs that tell us we are distinct from God. When the inner seeker searches and finds nothing but worshipers of Baal, the psyche declares a decisive boundary: only the true awareness remains. The guards and the72 captains symbolize the disciplined faculties of attention that enforce this boundary, and the sword-short purge is the sharp discrimination that cuts away every image that would pretend to rule. The burnt offering is the surrender of old patterns to the fire of realization, not a physical act but a releasing of attachment to limitation. As soon as this inner cleansing completes, the mind is cleared of the idol of separate identity, and the city—our inner life—flows with a single, unopposed worship of the I AM. The moment calls for a firm inner decision: there is only one God here, the I AM, and nothing else.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and enter the temple of your mind; declare that only the I AM dwells here and that all idols of fear, lack, or separation are removed. With a sharp inner thought, imagine discarding them at the door and feel the empowerment of a single, unwavering consciousness guiding every breath.