Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 10:29-36 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

29Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

30And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

32In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

33From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

34Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

35And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.

36And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

2 Kings 10:29-36

Biblical Context

Jehu is praised for carrying out judgments on Ahab’s house, but the narrative warns that he did not fully turn from Jeroboam’s sins; as a result, the LORD’s discipline begins to reduce Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

Read as Neville would, the chapter is a picture of the inner kingdom. The text says Jehu did right in the eyes of the Lord, yet did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam; outward obedience without inner allegiance leaves the whole state unstable. Israel, in the divine sense, represents your consciousness; Jehu’s external acts are the throne-room energy of a mind that acts, yet the old idolatries—Bethel and Dan—are inner altars that have not been removed. Because the inner law was not walked with all his heart, the outer domain begins to be shortened; forces like Hazael sweep the coasts as results of a split allegiance. The line about the fourth generation hints that habits of belief propagate through time, shaping future experiences. The remedy is simple in principle: align the inner and outer by claiming the I AM as ruler and walking the law with uncompromised heart. When your state is fully unified—heart, will, action—the so-called kingdom expands and the decrees of limitation recede; feel it now as you revise your consciousness toward one law-giving authority.