Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 20:8-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 20 in context

Scripture Focus

8And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

9And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

10And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

2 Kings 20:8-10

Biblical Context

Hezekiah asks for a sign to confirm healing and the timing to go to the temple on the third day; the sign revolves around whether the shadow moves forward or backward.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the scene is not about a sundial at a royal court, but the inner clock of consciousness. Hezekiah’s request embodies the natural longing to be sure before stepping into the temple of power. The shadow’s forward or backward movement becomes a symbol for belief: you are free to choose how time answers your demand when you stand in the I AM, the steady awareness that is your true healer. Isaiah’s reply indicates the sign is the Lord’s action in accord with your state, not a superstition about shadows. When Hezekiah calls the backward shift the harder sign, he reveals a deeper truth: healing comes not from external proofs but from revising your inner horizon. In Neville’s terms, the third day is your inner declaration: now that you know who you are, the body follows the new consciousness. Your healing is the sign you feel as real in the now.