Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 5:15-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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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.

20But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

21So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

22And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

23And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

24And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

25But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

26And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

2 Kings 5:15-27

Biblical Context

Naaman acknowledges the God of Israel after Elisha's healing, refuses the blessing, and asks for earth to worship the Lord; Gehazi's greed is exposed and punished with leprosy.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider Naaman's confession as a psychical turning: the God of Israel is the I AM within you, the sole ruler of your world. The healing comes not from a gift but from awakening to that inner God, so that you no longer pursue outer tokens but the reality of the one power. When Elisha says the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none, he models a mind that does not barter with appearances. Naaman's request for earth to worship the LORD is an inner act of consecration: he plants his altar within his own being, not to change the world but to align his world with the one consciousness. To bow in the house of Rimmon was a habit of mind; pardon comes when the mind chooses the highest allegiance. Gehazi's greed shows a second state of consciousness—pulling on the outer for gain—and the leprosy is the visible manifestation of a split worship. Your task is simple: reside in the one I AM, refuse substitute rewards, and watch the outer life follow the inner alignment. Healing is already a state of awareness realized in imagination and felt as real.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'There is only one God within me; I am the I AM.' Then revise any craving by affirming that the true offering is aligning with that inner Lord and feeling that alignment as already done.