The Inner Presence Revealed

2 Kings 2:16-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Kings 2 in context

Scripture Focus

16And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
2 Kings 2:16-18

Biblical Context

Fifty men seek Elijah for him; Elijah initially forbids sending them, they persist and search for three days, and return; Elijah reminds them of his prior instruction not to go.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this incident the fifty seekers symbolize the many states of consciousness in your mind, and Elijah stands for your higher discernment—the Master within. The Spirit of the LORD, far from a distant event, represents your innermost presence that you must awaken to. When the people urge to search, their insistence exposes a belief in separation and lack; the true answer lies not in an external chase but in the realization that the Master is already with you. Neville’s method teaches that the moment you revise your assumption and accept the fulfilled state—‘I am with the Master within now’—the sense of absence dissolves. The three days of seeking mirror periods of doubt you impose before you give up the outer pursuit; yet the only lasting result comes when you honor the inner guidance as real. Your faith is in the I AM that sustains you, not in external discoveries. By affirming that Elijah (your higher discernment) dwells within, you convert absence into immediate presence.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume the fulfilled state—‘I am with the Master within now.’ Feel the presence as real, then release the old belief in absence.

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