Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 13:14-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 13 in context

Scripture Focus

14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

15And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.

16And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.

17And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.

2 Kings 13:14-17

Biblical Context

Elisha, near death, directs Joash to take a bow and shoot an arrow eastward, calling it the arrow of the LORD's deliverance. The act becomes a symbolic movement toward liberation from Syria.

Neville's Inner Vision

Elisha stands as the I AM within me, the steadfast consciousness that remains when the body of belief grows weak. Joash is my waking state, moved to tears by its former father-like image, yet ready to act. When Elisha says, Take bow and arrows, and Put thine hand upon the bow, I feel my faculties yoked: the bow is will, the arrows are imagination, and the two are guided by the master hand of awareness. The window eastward is the dawn of renewed attention; opening it shifts my focus from lack to possibility. Shoot, he says, and I release the arrow of deliverance. This is not a physical event but a declaration of the LORD's power within me, a faith that the opponent within—fear, doubt, limitation—will be consumed. I am told I shall triumph over Syria by living from the end already established in consciousness. The outer world will reflect this inner victory as I persist in this affirmed state and the kingdom of God becomes present now.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit quietly, take a symbolic bow, place your hands on the imagined bow, open a window to the east, and gently tell yourself, 'I release the arrow of deliverance now.' Then feel the sense of victory as if it is already true.