Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 17:29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 17 in context

Scripture Focus

29Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

2 Kings 17:29

Biblical Context

Each nation fashions its own gods and places them in high places. This reveals idolatry as an inner act of belief, not a distant temple.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that the verse does not condemn distant idolaters alone; it maps an inner landscape. The 'nations' are your own states of consciousness, and the 'gods' are the ideas you have worshipped as if they ruled you. The high places and the Samaritans’ houses are the inner sanctuaries you have erected in memory and habit, where you keep the belief that something outside your I AM must determine your life. Neville's approach asks you to turn the light inward: realize that God, the I AM, is the one Presence behind every thought. When you feel compelled by a fear, a desire, or a grievance, you have created a private idol that seems to stand apart from you. By assuming the state of consciousness as the I AM, you revise the scene. Imagination is not fabricating a god external to you; it reveals what you believe you are. The true worship is the awareness that you are always in the Presence, and the idols fade as you rest your mind in that undeniable reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly and declare inwardly, 'I AM the Presence here now.' Then revise one idol by imagining its temple dissolving and the Presence occupying the space.