Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 25:8-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 25 in context

Scripture Focus

8And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

9And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

10And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

2 Kings 25:8-10

Biblical Context

Nebuzaradan comes to Jerusalem and burns the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses; the walls of Jerusalem are broken down by the army.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville Goddard lens, this narrative is not about a city under siege but a state of consciousness under the pressure of awareness. The 'house of the LORD' stands for the temple within you—the place where God’s I AM dwells as your true identity. When the fires consume the houses and the walls are torn down, imagine that your old beliefs, self-importance, and rigid identifications are being burned away. The ruin of outward structures reflects the breaking open of inner defenses that kept you from a direct knowing of your allness. The Chaldean army and Nebuzaradan are symbolic of foreign thoughts and judgments that appear to challenge you; their work is purification, waking you to the truth that nothing external can erase the living God inside. Exile and return appear as inner cycles: letting go of former self-images, and returning to the innate awareness that you are the temple, unchanged in essence even as forms collapse. The presence of God persists as the I AM, the unshakable witness through every operation of the mind.

Practice This Now

In the next moment, assume 'I am the temple of God' and watch the inner city burn away old beliefs, while the I AM remains. Then rest in that presence.