Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 5:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 5 in context

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.

2 Kings 5:7-8

Biblical Context

The king of Israel reads a royal letter requesting healing and panics, claiming only God can kill or give life. Elisha then points to the inner source—there is a prophet in Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the surface drama—the king’s fear and the urgent letter—lies a deeper truth about consciousness. The leprosy symbolizes a belief in separation, a sense that healing comes from external power. Healing arises not from a king’s edict but from recognizing the I AM that you are. When the king exclaims, ‘Am I God?’ he reveals a habit of looking outside for power, a limitation you too must transmute. Elisha’s invitation, ‘let him come to me,’ is the inner call to attend to the consciousness that constitutes reality. There is a prophet in Israel—an inner witness, the divine presence within your own awareness. Claim this authority now: when you acknowledge the I AM as the source of life and health, the appearance of leprosy dissolves in the light of consciousness. The outer drama asks you to stop bargaining with the world and to align with the inner lines of reality where healing is already complete. In that inner space, fear yields to confident expectation, and faith in the unseen physician within takes form as experience.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM now; revise the scene by declaring: 'There is a prophet in my consciousness; healing flows from within.' Close your eyes, place a hand on your heart, and feel the inner presence dissolving the belief in separation.