Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 5:7-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

7And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

8And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

9So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

10And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

11But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

12Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

13And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

14Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

2 Kings 5:7-14

Biblical Context

Naaman, a mighty man, doubts the prophet's simple remedy and becomes angry. Through humble obedience—guided by wise inner voices—he washes in the Jordan and is healed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the text, the king’s tearing of his clothes represents the ego's fear of loss, and Elisha's invitation—'let him come to me'—is the inner declaration that there is a prophet in you. Naaman stands at the door of Elisha’s house, a symbol of your present consciousness at the threshold of transformation. The instruction to wash in Jordan seven times is not about water, but about the seven movements of letting go in awareness. The rage reveals the old self clinging to the rivers of Damascus, seeking healing externally. A servant-like inner voice asks, 'If the prophet had bidden thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?' When you consent, you dip seven times and your flesh becomes like that of a little child—rebirth, unconditioned by the past. Healing, then, is the awakening of the I AM, the realization that you are already clean, now made visible through humble obedience to a single command.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Quietly assume the healed self now. See yourself stepping into Jordan’s current, yielding to the simple instruction, and feel the old leprosy dissolve into fresh, childlike skin of awareness.