Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 5:18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 5 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

2 Kings 5:18

Biblical Context

Gehazi asks the Lord to pardon him for bowing in the house of Rimmon while his master worships there. He reveals a moment of conflicted loyalty between outward allegiance and inner truth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this plea, Gehazi exposes a living split: the instinct to honor his master’s worship and the deeper allegiance to the I AM that Elisha serves. The house of Rimmon is not a stone temple but the mind clinging to appearances—what you fear to lose if you stand in the truth of your own awareness. The 'LORD pardon thy servant' becomes not a concession from without, but a turning of attention from the outward bow to the inward posture of the I AM. When you imagine yourself bending to Rimmon, you are rehearsing a habit of seeking safety through external rites. The healing is not in the ritual but in a revision of consciousness: you declare that no idol can govern you, for you are the I AM, and all worship flows from that single, undeniable state. In this light, forgiveness is your alignment with the inner truth, and reconciliation with your own essential nature.

Practice This Now

Practice this now: close your eyes, enter the imagined scene, bow to the Rimmon, and then revise by declaring, 'I bow only to the I AM within.' Feel the shift as awareness quiets the impulse and you sense true worship arising from within.