Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 5:15-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 5 in context

Scripture Focus

15And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

16But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

17And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

18In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

19And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

2 Kings 5:15-19

Biblical Context

Naaman returns to the prophet, acknowledges the God of Israel as the true God, declines material gifts, asks for earth to worship the LORD, seeks pardon for bowing in Rimmon's house, and receives the prophet's blessing of peace.

Neville's Inner Vision

I read this as the inner movement by which consciousness discovers there is no God but the I AM within. The declaration that there is no god on earth but Israel marks the pivot from externals to inner realization. Elisha’s refusal of gifts shows that the true blessing is a shift of awareness, not a token. Naaman then asks for earth to ground his worship, symbolizing a mental foundation anchored in the LORD, not in Rimmon. This earth-ground becomes the practice ground for allegiance to the I AM wherever one stands in life. When the moment of bowing toward Rimmon arises, the pardon granted is the mercy of keeping faith with the internal shift while continuing outward duties; it is not approval of old idols, but a trust that consciousness can honor appearances without abandoning truth. Finally, the blessing, 'Go in peace,' seals the state: a settled Shalom arising from knowing the Self as the I AM.

Practice This Now

Assume you stand on the ground of your own consciousness and pronounce, 'There is no god but the LORD within me.' Feel the ground beneath you tighten with divine stability, and rest in the peace that follows this declared I AM.