Inner Covenant in Crisis

2 Kings 12:17-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Kings 12 in context

Scripture Focus

17Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
18And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
19And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kings 12:17-19

Biblical Context

Hazael defeats Gath and advances on Jerusalem; Jehoash plunders sacred treasures to send to Syria, then Jerusalem recedes. The remainder of Joash's deeds is recorded in the chronicles.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's light, the Syrian threat is a symbol of the mind confronted by fear and the lure of outward wealth. Hazael's movement toward Jerusalem parallels thoughts marching upon your inner city of awareness when you trust outer appearances over the I AM. Jehoash stripping the sanctuaries and shipping the gold represents the consciousness that adulterates worship by clinging to material security rather than the inner holiness. The Temple of the LORD stands for your inner awareness—your ongoing communion with God. To give away hallowed things is to surrender spiritual instruments to fear, mistakenly seeking salvation in gold rather than in the abiding I AM within. Yet the record of the kings reminds you that the greater story of consciousness persists irrespective of outward events. The healing practice is to return to the conviction that God, the I AM, is your real treasury. Wealth and power shift as you revise, feel it real, and claim the inner kingdom where true worship and covenant loyalty endure.

Practice This Now

Impose the assumption: 'I am the temple of God; my wealth is the energy of holiness within me.' Visualize the hallowed possessions staying in your inner sanctuary, not sent to fear, and feel the assurance of the I AM filling your heart.

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