Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 2:11-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 2 in context

Scripture Focus

11And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

12And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

2 Kings 2:11-12

Biblical Context

Elijah is taken up in a whirlwind. Elisha witnesses and calls him father, the chariot of Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

Elijah goes up in a whirlwind, not a literal ascent but the rising of a higher state of consciousness you already wear as being. The chariot and the horses of fire are the dynamic faculties you command when you align imagination with action—the inner energy and order you call forth into your world. Elisha crying 'My father' is the moment you recognize the I AM, the Source within as the father of your life, the chariot of Israel as the organized power that protects and guides you. The look of 'he saw him no more' marks the passing away of the old vision as you shift to a broader sight. The tearing of his clothes signals the shedding of a worn identity—an old self-concept dissolved in the heat of realization. This is grace: a sudden, undeniable union with the present divine activity, not a future event. When you assume the feeling of your desired state and dwell in the awareness of the I AM, you experience the presence of God as your natural condition. You become the observer who rides the wind of insight rather than a victim of circumstance.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, repeat the affirmation I AM the presence of God now; Elijah within me rises in consciousness. Feel a warm inner wind lifting my attention as I imagine a fiery chariot carrying me into my new state, and let the old self fall away.