Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 17:15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 17 in context

Scripture Focus

15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

2 Kings 17:15

Biblical Context

2 Kings 17:15 describes a people who rejected God's statutes and covenant, pursuing vanity and turning to the surrounding nations. In Neville's terms, this is a turning away from the inner law toward outward appearances.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville Goddard’s psychology, the verse reveals how a state of consciousness rejects the inner law when it clings to vanity and the appearance of outer conditions. The statutes and covenant symbolize the living principles of consciousness—the I AM that you are aware of. Vanity represents the pictures your mind entertains that pretend to govern your life, while following the heathen around them mirrors chasing external circumstances instead of maintaining inner alignment. The remedy is to return to a single, undeniable assumption: I am kept in covenant now; the law is written in my being and governs my life. By assuming this truth and feeling it as real, your outer world begins to reflect that inner decree, and vanities fall away as you dwell in the steadiness of awareness. The passage, then, is a call to revise, re-commit, and rest in the certainty that your life is lived in harmony with the I AM, not in service of fleeting appearances.

Practice This Now

Impose a practical revision: close your eyes, imagine you are already keeping the covenant now, and feel the I AM as your permanent state. Repeat silently, 'I am in covenant with the I AM,' until the sense of outer vanity weakens and your inner truth feels present.