Inner Exile, Outer Consequences

2 Kings 17:18-20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Kings 17 in context

Scripture Focus

18Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
19Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
20And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
2 Kings 17:18-20

Biblical Context

Israel is removed from sight due to disobedience, leaving only Judah; Judah did not keep the LORD's commandments but followed Israel's statutes; Israel's seed is rejected and afflicted.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's terms, the events are not about nations but states of mind. “Israel” represents a rebellious state of consciousness that refuses the inner commandments of the I AM. When that state withdraws its light, the inner kingdom is cast out from the sight of the Higher Self, and you feel the loss as exile. The remaining “Judah” corresponds to a seed of right assumption still clinging to old patterns, choosing to live by the man-made statutes rather than the living law of awareness. The LORD’s rejection and the affliction are not punitive; they are a natural correction of thinking, showing you where your inner atmosphere has become unsupportive of the true Life. This is your invitation to revise: stop identifying with the exile of conditioned thoughts, restore obedience to the inner law, and allow the higher life to return. The exile you read about is the inner shift from limitation to wholeness, a return to the sight of God within you, here and now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am that I AM here now.' Then revise the exiled state by affirming 'Only the I AM remains,' and feel the truth as real in your chest.

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