Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 2:23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 2 in context

Scripture Focus

23Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

2 Samuel 2:23

Biblical Context

Asahel refuses to turn aside; Abner's spear ends his march, and the place becomes still as spectators pause.

Neville's Inner Vision

2 Samuel 2:23 becomes a symbol of consciousness in action. Asahel personifies a youthful insistence of thought that will not bend to a wiser turn of mind. Abner's spear—an instrument of outer law and consequence—pierces the fixed belief at the heart, the fifth rib, the seat of feeling. The event shows that when a pattern of thought refuses to be revised, the inner energy is halted by the very law that creates reality. The crowd's stillness is the moment of inner recognition: the mind witnesses its own edict manifested in form. The true message is not judgment but opportunity: you can revise the state from I AM to align with a higher possibility; you can turn aside and permit a new outcome to emerge. By assuming the end-state, by feeling the reality of a corrected course, you quiet the impulse to repeat the old pattern and invite the outer world to catch up with your inner revision. Remember: God is the I AM; imagination makes the life you dwell in.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, imagine you are turning aside from a persistent pattern, and feel the relief as you inhabit the revised state. Then, dwell in that certainty and watch your next moment reflect the change.