Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 18:21-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 18 in context

Scripture Focus

21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

22But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

2 Kings 18:21-22

Biblical Context

2 Kings 18:21-22 contrasts leaning on Egypt with trust in the LORD, and suggests true worship centers on the LORD's altar in Jerusalem rather than external shrines.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s light, Pharaoh and Egypt are not distant kingdoms but states of consciousness that pretend to offer security. Leaning on them is like grasping a bruised reed—you pierce your own hand and mistake instability for safety. The LORD is the I AM within you, the awareness that creates your world from the inside out. The altar in Jerusalem becomes the inner sanctuary where true worship occurs, not in external sites. Hezekiah’s removal of high places invites you to dissolve outer supports and relocate worship to the seat of consciousness. When you declare, 'I trust the I AM within,' you no longer depend on counterfeit powers; your imagination, rightly held, rearranges appearances to reflect your inner state. The apparent Pharaoh dissolves in the radiance of God-taste, for you are the creator, not the conditioned object of creation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the feeling, 'I am the I AM within me, the security and power of my own consciousness.' Revise any attachment to external supports and feel-it-real that true safety and worship arise from inner awareness.