Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 13:20-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 13 in context

Scripture Focus

20And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

21And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

2 Kings 13:20-21

Biblical Context

Elisha dies and is buried; a man is revived when touched by Elisha's bones. The passage points to a power that remains alive in consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Elisha stands for the living I AM within you—consciousness that endures beyond the outward form. The burial is the moment when a former life seems closed; the Moabites' bands are the pressing thoughts of fear, lack, and time. The bones of Elisha signify the fixed remnants of a former demonstration of life—the memory of power you carry in your state. When the dead man touches those bones, revival occurs; this is the graphic symbol of your inner touch. In your mind, the touch is the recognition that I AM is always present, even when appearance says otherwise. The miracle is not in an outer event but in a shift of state: when you acknowledge the I AM as your own, the dead energy of limitation awakens and you rise with fresh impulse. Resurrection then becomes a continuous expression of life within consciousness; the same truth that revived a corpse can renew any area of your life by a consistent return to the I AM presence.

Practice This Now

Assume right now that you are the revived man, feeling the life of the I AM moving through your limbs. Revise the burial scene by silently declaring, 'The I AM in me revives every dead thing,' and feel yourself rising with renewed power.