Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 18:28-35 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 18 in context

Scripture Focus

28Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

29Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

30Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

31Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

32Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

33Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

34Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?

35Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

2 Kings 18:28-35

Biblical Context

Rabshakeh's loud speech in 2 Kings 18:28-35 attempts to undermine trust in the LORD by offering worldly security and ridiculing reliance on God; it pits fear against faith.

Neville's Inner Vision

Rabshakeh speaks as a state of fearful, worldly reasoning that pretends to deliver security apart from the I AM. In Neville's psychology, the king of Assyria is not a nation but a habit of thought: the belief that power comes from princes and provisions rather than the inner God-present I AM. The braggadocio about lands of corn and wine mirrors the inner dream of abundance secured by mere outward arrangements. The displayed idols of Hamath and Arpad are the cumulative beliefs that external conditions, external gods, can save. Hezekiah's faith stands as the inner conviction that the LORD alone is deliverer. When you read this, let it reveal your own inner Rabshakeh—the voice that says, 'trust in fame, power, or clever policy' and seeks to persuade you away from the I AM. The solution is to dwell in the I AM, to assume deliverance now, to revise the sense of separation by stating, 'The LORD will deliver me,' and to feel its truth as present. In this inner theatre, the city Jerusalem becomes your heart, guarded by awareness, and sovereignty returns to the I AM.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare: The LORD delivers me now; I am in the land of the I AM. Feel the security as present, not future, and carry that feeling into your next moment.