Shadow Reversed: Inner Healing Sign

2 Kings 20:8-11 - A Neville Goddard 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.
11And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
2 Kings 20:8-11

Biblical Context

Hezekiah asks Isaiah for a sign to confirm healing and his ascent to the temple; the sign is the shadow on the sundial moving backward, proving the spoken word. Isaiah prays and the shadow returns.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville’s ear, this story speaks not of an outward miracle alone but of an inner decree. The sign sought by Hezekiah is a confirmation that what has been spoken in the mind of God is present in his body and days. The dial of Ahaz stands for time measured by limitation; the forward move is the ordinary procession of events, while the shadow turning back signifies undoing doubt and re-choosing life. When Hezekiah says the shadow shall return, he is choosing to align his inner state with the truth already spoken: healing is not distant, it is a present fact in consciousness. Isaiah prays and the shadow returns; the power behind events is the I AM within, not the weather of circumstance. You may hear this as permission to rely less on external signs and more on inner conviction. The healing is the inner alignment—your present realization that 'I am healed' reverberates through the timeline, reversing the apparent delay. The practice is simple: feel the truth in your body, maintain the image, and let the end you assume stand.

Practice This Now

Practice: close your eyes, declare 'I am healed now' and imagine the sundial’s shadow turning backward as you breathe into the sensation of restored life; dwell in that feeling until it feels real.

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