Shadow Backward by Imagination
2 Kings 20:9-11 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Kings 20 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Isaiah presents a sign: the shadow on the sundial can move forward or backward. Hezekiah asks it to go backward, and God makes the shadow return ten degrees.
Neville's Inner Vision
In the Neville lens, the entire scene is an inner drama of consciousness. The shadow is the outward measure of time and circumstance, a symbol of what you accept as the limitation of your life. The LORD who speaks is the I AM within you, your awareness that makes a thing real by assumption. When Hezekiah asks for a sign, he is asking your mind to witness a movement in your inner dial. The sign is not the external miracle alone but the assurance that your spoken word has authority in your inner state. The reverse direction—bringing the shadow back—represents reversing a settled position in your mind: you choose to reverse a negative pattern by holding a new premise, feeling it as already true, and dwelling in the end result. To apply: decide the end you desire, imagine the dial in your mind turning backward, and keep the feeling that the shift is already accomplished. The prophet's cry to the LORD parallels your act of turning attention and faith back toward your already-existing possibility. The "clock" obeys your inner decree because you are the I AM. The sign confirms the truth of your assumption: your inner state writes the conditions of your world.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: In quiet, declare 'I AM THAT I AM,' then visualize a dial in your mind turning backward ten degrees and feel the end as already accomplished.
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