Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 8:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

2And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

3And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

4And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

5And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

6And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

2 Kings 8:1-6

Biblical Context

Elisha tells the woman to depart for seven years due to a famine. After seven years, she returns to claim her home and land; the king learns of Elisha’s miracle, and she is restored to all she possessed since she left.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard frame, the famine is a symbol of a current lack in consciousness. Elisha’s word functions as the command of your I AM, urging you to arise and move in faith, not fear, knowing your inner estate is secure. The seven-year separation mirrors a period during which a belief in lack has seemed to dominate; yet the completion of that time aligns outer events with your inner conviction. Gehazi’s recounting of the miracle is your memory of reviving life in imagination—your inner act that restored vitality to what was thought dead. The king’s inquiry becomes the outer confirmation of an inner truth you have already established. The restoration of house and land signifies the outward fruit of a state of consciousness that has refused to relinquish its rightful abundance. Your work is to dwell in the feeling that your life is already restored, and to let the outer world reflect that inner decision with effortless ease.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling: I am restored to all that is mine—house, land, and life—and dwell in this state as if it were already true, for a few minutes daily until the outer scene corroborates the inner revision.